If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southwestern Missouri.

At 741 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles northwest of Neosho, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 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 vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Southeastern Joplin, Neosho, Seneca, Granby, Duquesne, Diamond, Leawood, Silver Creek, Saginaw, Stella, Shoal Creek Estates, and Racine. This includes the following highways... Interstate 44 near mile marker 9. Interstate 49 between mile markers 16 and 35.