Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 8 at 6:57AM CDT until June 8 at 7:45AM CDT by NWS Springfield MO
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 8, 2026 - 4:57am
Expires:
June 8, 2026 - 5:45am
Description:
SVRSGF
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Christian County in southwestern Missouri...
* Until 745 AM CDT.
* At 656 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over
Highlandville, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Nixa, Ozark, Sparta, Highlandville, Christian Center, Oldfield,
Garrison, Chadwick, Elkhead, Bruner, Selmore, and Keltner.
Instruction:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Christian, MO
Forcast Office:
NWS Springfield MO
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov