Monday, August 05, 2013

More thunderstorms today and all week

(From the National Weather Service)

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  ELEVATED FLOODING RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS
  TODAY...BEFORE DISSIPATING FOR A SHORT TIME LATER THIS AFTERNOON
  INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY STORMS. WITH ALREADY
  SATURATED GROUND...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN AREAS
  OF HEAVY RAINFALL.

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT
  INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH
  FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE.

  THE COMBINATION OF WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY HUMID CONDITIONS
  WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100
  DEGREES ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI...AS WELL AS
  SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

  THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH
  EAST ACROSS THE OZARKS TUESDAY MORNING. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
  POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY MORNING.

  UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK
  INTO NEXT WEEKEND AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MEANDERS THROUGH THE
  AREA. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON A NEAR DAILY BASIS.

  AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY REACH THE MID TO UPPER 90S ON A
  DAILY BASIS THIS WEEK ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND
  WESTERN MISSOURI.

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