Moderate

* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 35 to 45 mph. * WHERE...Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington, Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon, Foothills of the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon, North Central Oregon, and Simcoe Highlands. * WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Patchy blowing dust may locally reduce visibility.

At 258 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Amity, or 16 miles northeast of Murfreesboro, moving southeast at 10 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 damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Glenwood... Amity... Alpine... Shawmut... Rosboro...

At 330 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Chief Logan State Park, or near Logan, moving east at 20 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... Madison, Logan, Chapmanville, Van, Chief Logan State Park, Wharton, Bald Knob, Mount Gay-Shamrock, Amherstdale-Robinette, Harts,

At 329 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking strong thunderstorms capable of producing a funnel cloud along a line extending from 11 miles west of Buckhead Ridge to Brighton Seminole Reservation to 7 miles east of Montura. Movement was northeast at 10 mph. HAZARD...Funnel clouds and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Funnel clouds occasionally touch down and produce tornadoes or waterspouts. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.

At 230 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over Washburn, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations in or near the path include... Berryville... Eureka Springs... Green Forest... Garfield... Beaver... Urbanette...

At 234 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Minturn, or near Hoxie, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size 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... Jonesboro, Bono, Cash, Egypt, Fontaine, Herman, Valley View, Dryden, Dorothy, Winesburg, Gilkerson, Lanieve, and Herndon.

At 234 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Gassville, or 7 miles southwest of Mountain Home, moving south at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Mountain Home... Gassville... Flippin... Norfork...

At 134 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms near Fort Hall Bannock Creek Lodge to near Rockland, moving northeast at 20 mph. Other storms were rapidly developing across the Arbon Valley and Pocatello, also moving northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 45 mph and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...

At 337 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Tilton, or near Flemingsburg, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 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... Flemingsburg, Cranston, Pecks Ridge, Muses Mills, Hillsboro, Craintown, Wallingford, Plummers Landing, Poplar Plains, Tilton, Waltz, and Goddard.

At 336 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Davenport, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size 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... Davenport and Oakwood. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to