Friday, May 31, 2013

Hazardous weather outlook provided for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

 THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI MAINLY
  NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54 THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY
  RAINFALL AND HAIL.

  STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  THIS EVENING. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
  HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH...AND
  ISOLATED TORNADOES.

  THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 2 PM AND
  10 PM WITH THE HIGHEST RISK FOR TORNADOES ACROSS FAR
  SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 4 INCHES COULD LEAD TO FLASH
  FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING. THE GREATEST RISK FOR
  SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING WILL BE TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
  IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

  THE RISK FOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY AS RUNOFF FROM
  HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES.

  THERE IS A LIMITED RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN
  OZARKS AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI SATURDAY.

  A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
  THURSDAY. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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