Hazardous weather outlook issued for Joplin area

(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...

 LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK.
 ELEVATED HAIL RISK.
 ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
 ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK.
 LIMITED TORNADO RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE BREEZY TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF EXTREME
  SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS WITH OCCASIONAL
  GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH.

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY WILL ORGANIZE INTO A LINE
  AND MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF THE
  MISSOURI OZARKS ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR LATE
  THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
  QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS
  EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A LOW RISK
  FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND
  PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

  MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE FORECAST FROM
  THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY. AN ELEVATED RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND
  GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES WILL EXIST WITHIN THIS
  PERIOD. A WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
  RESULTING IN A RISK FOR FLOODING ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA
  FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

  SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 30 MPH AT TIMES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
  ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
  MISSOURI.