Strong to severe thunderstorms possible tonight in Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  ELEVATED HAIL RISK.
  ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
  ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS INCLUDING SOUTH CENTRAL
  MISSOURI THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM
  DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED FROM PORTIONS OF EASTERN KANSAS INTO
  SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

  STRONG INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG TO
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MOST INTENSE
  STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
  PING PONG BALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. FREQUENT
  LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

  HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH THE MID 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES IN
  MANY AREAS THIS AFTERNOON PRIOR TO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING OVER PARTS OF THE AREA
  WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY REDEVELOP
  ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI DURING THE AFTERNOON.

  ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR LATE THURSDAY
  NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...AND AGAIN FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT
  WEEK.