TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAS FOCUSED ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING. THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING IS EXTREME ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. AN AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND MUCH OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AND THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING. YET ANOTHER ROUND OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. THE EXACT LOCATION OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DEPEND ON WHERE THE LOW LEVEL FRONT SETS UP...WHICH CAN BE ANYWHERE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. ALL INTERESTS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION. AS WE HAVE SEEN THE PAST SEVERAL NIGHT...THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF FLASH FLOODING WHEREVER RAINFALL SETS UP ALONG THIS FRONT...ESPECIALLY WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PERSISTENT FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. LOCATIONS THAT NORMALLY DO NOT FLOOD WILL BE AT RISK FOR FLOODING. THERE IS A CONDITIONAL RISK FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. IF ENOUGH INSTABILITY CAN DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THERE WILL BE A RISK FOR LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED INTO THE FIRST HALF OF THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AS A FRONT MEANDERS OVER THE AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED AND THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN SIGNIFICANT. THE RISK FOR ANY STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL REMAIN CONDITIONAL ON WHETHER OR NOT ENOUGH INSTABILITY CAN DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION. IF ENOUGH BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...HEAT INDICES MAY REACH THE MID TO UPPER 90S. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION.
This blog features observations from Randy Turner, a former teacher, newspaper reporter and editor. Send news items or comments to rturner229@hotmail.com
Thursday, August 08, 2013
More rain, possible strong thunderstorms tonight for Joplin area
(From the National Weather Service)
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