At 757 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles east of Miller to near Mount Vernon to near Marionville to 6 miles southwest of Crane to 7 miles east of Cassville. Movement was northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD. Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE. Radar indicated. IMPACT. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include. Northwestern Springfield, Republic, Table Rock Lake, Aurora, Battlefield, Willard, Mount Vernon, Marionville, Clever, Ash Grove, Crane, Billings, Verona, Galena, Brookline, Mccord Bend, Hurley, Halltown, Hoberg, and Chesapeake. This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 43 and 74.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 159 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BARRY MCDONALD NEWTON STONE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANDERSON, CASSVILLE, CRANE, ELSEY, GOODMAN, INDIAN POINT, KIMBERLING CITY, MADRY, MONETT, NEOSHO, NOEL, PINEVILLE, ROCKY COMFORT, SILVER DOLLAR CITY, AND SOUTH WEST CITY.