Weather Alerts For Bennett Springs, MO

Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Springfield MO 527 PM CDT Wed Apr 1 2026 Dallas MO-Laclede MO- 527 PM CDT Wed Apr 1 2026 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS AND WEST CENTRAL LACLEDE COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM CDT... At 526 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms 7 miles southeast of Buffalo, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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... Bennett Spring State Park, Phillipsburg, Bennett Springs, Long Lane, Charity, and Windyville. This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 113 and 116. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. &&

Closest strike: 2.48 miles Stay Alert! Remain in a safe area until there has been no lightning within 10 miles of this location for 30 minutes. Please be aware that lightning activity can remain high even when a storm is moving away from your location. Even if rain has stopped, do not leave your safe area until WeatherBug indicates that lightning is more than 10 miles away from this selected location. IF OUTDOORS Avoid water, high ground, and open spaces. Avoid all metal objects including electric wires, fences, and machinery. Find a safe area in a building or in a fully enclosed vehicle with the windows completely shut. Unsafe places include underneath canopies, small picnic or rain shelters, convertibles, or near trees. IF INDOORS Avoid water and stay away from doors and windows. Avoid using a hard line telephone. Take off headphones. Turn off, unplug, and stay away from appliances, computers, power tools, and TV sets. Lightning may strike exterior electric and phone lines, inducing shocks to inside equipment.

There is a Marginal Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF KANSAS...OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY AND MID ATLANTIC SUMMARY Severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts, large hail and a few tornadoes are likely across the southern and central Plains this afternoon and evening. Strong to severe storms are also possible from parts of the Ohio Valley, central Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic. 20z Update OK/KS/MO Observational trends and model guidance continue to show rapid destabilization taking place this afternoon as a warm front gradually lifts northward across OK into southeastern KS and southwestern MO. Large-scale ascent is forecast to increase rapidly tonight as the primary upper trough over the Four Corners ejects eastward, aiding in storm development along a broad area of the front. Semi-discrete supercells and clusters are possible tonight before upscale growth takes place after 00z. The strong synoptic ascent should favor a rapid strengthening of low-level flow and shear. This would support a risk for damaging gusts and some tornadoes with remaining supercells or linear segments. Expand the 5% tornado and 15% wind areas farther east into MO where CAM guidance shows storm persisting overnight. Farther southwest, no significant changes were made to the prior outlook. Scattered semi-discrete thunderstorm development remains likely along the dryline/front intersection across west/southwestern OK into western north TX this afternoon amid filtered heating of a moistening air mass. Initial supercells will pose risk for large hail and a couple tornadoes. The damaging wind threat (and possible some QLCS tornado risk) will likely increase after dark as storms congeal and spread northeastward beneath an intensifying 40-50 kt low-level jet. OH Valley and Mid Atlantic Elsewhere, scattered thunderstorms are ongoing and expected to gradually increase in coverage through this evening along a frontal zone across the OH Valley into the Mid Atlantic. South of the front, moderate buoyancy and deep-layer shear will support some storm organization with supercells or organized clusters from northeast KY into southern OH and parts of WV/VA. Damaging gusts, and perhaps some hail are possible with the stronger storms.

Pollen Index: 9.4 Pollen Level: medium-high Predominant Pollen: Cedar/Juniper, Elm and Maple. The quantity of pollen grains in the air for Thursday will be falling in the moderate range. This relief in pollen levels is caused in part by heavy rains in the morning which tend to wash pollen out of the air. Relief is in sight.