BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- 1204 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 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 TORNADO RISK. ELEVATED HAIL RISK. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING RISK. SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK. DISCUSSION... ROBUST THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE MISSOURI OZARKS. LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL APPROACH SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI LATER THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AS WELL. FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY. EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING...SINCE THIS REGION HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF WIDESPREAD RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT ALONG AND AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. IN ADDITION...WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO UNFOLD ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MUCH OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND SIX INCHES POSSIBLE. AS A RESULT...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM SATURDAY MORNING. SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 30 MPH AT TIMES FRIDAY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.
This blog features observations from Randy Turner, a former teacher, newspaper reporter and editor. Send news items or comments to rturner229@hotmail.com
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Hazardous weather outlook for Joplin area
(From the National Weather Service)
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