A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for southeastern Missouri. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until midnight CDT for southeastern Missouri. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

At 609 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Ellington to near Cherokee Village, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Piedmont, Van Buren, Ellsinore, Gatewood, Hunter, Handy, Fremont, Grandin, Mill Spring, and Briar.