Heat index may reach near 100 today; more rain on the way

(From the National Weather Service)

 THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO
  IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. EXCESSIVE
  RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS WILL LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT
  RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING. THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING IS EXTREME
  ACROSS PORTIONS OF PULASKI AND TEXAS COUNTIES.

  SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING.
  ISOLATE TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
  DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN A WARM AND VERY HUMID AIRMASS. A FEW
  STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE
  OF QUARTERS AND LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. IN ADDITION...A
  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE
  NORTHWEST LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. A FEW SEVERE
  STORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 54
  CORRIDOR...WITH LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
  POSSIBLE.

  FLOODING IS ONGOING AND WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF EXTREME
  SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THROUGH TONIGHT.

  WITH PARTIAL CLEARING IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES
  WILL PEAK AROUND 90 DEGREES ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST
  KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. WITH A HUMID AIRMASS IN
  PLACE...HEAT INDICIES NEAR 100 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

  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...CAUSING ADDITIONAL FLOODING OVER LOCATIONS WITH
  SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. THERE IS ALSO A LIMITED RISK FOR
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS ACTIVITY IF ENOUGH INSTABILITY
  CAN MATERIALIZE.

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