Sunday, May 19, 2013

Threats of large hail, isolated tornadoes in supercell moving through Joplin area tonight

(From the National Weather Service)


 THE RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE
  THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM TRACKS
  INTO THE CENTRAL U.S.

  STORMS ARE INITIALLY EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS SUPERCELLS AND MOVE
  INTO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO FAR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  TO THE INTERSTATE 49 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 5 AND 8 PM...AND INTO THE
  MISSOURI OZARKS TO THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 9 PM AND
  MIDNIGHT AS A SQUALL LINE.

  ANY SUPERCELLS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL TO THE
  SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS...TORNADOES...AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
  WINDS. AS THE STORMS CONGEAL INTO A LINE...DAMAGING STRAIGHT
  LINE WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIKELY.
  ISOLATED TORNADOES WOULD ALSO REMAIN POSSIBLE EMBEDDED WITHIN
  THE LINE OF STORMS.

  ADDITIONALLY...A VERY MOIST AIRMASS OVER THE REGION MAY LEAD TO
  LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

  THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING WILL AGAIN OCCUR FROM
  LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...AND IMPACT THE
  ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. THUNDERSTORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
  WEATHER MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY AS WELL.

  ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY INTO
  EARLY TUESDAY INCLUDING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF
  BALLS...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND TORNADOES.

  IN ADDITION...MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AND
  MAY RESULT IN HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING FOR MOST OF EXTREME
  SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS
  GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT FOR MOST
  OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

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