AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. IT IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR AT THIS TIME WHERE EXACTLY THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...BUT A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI MAY BE AFFECTED. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WHERE STORMS DEVELOP. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. WITH SATURATED SOILS ACROSS THE REGION...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY WHEREVER THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT PORTIONS OF THE OZARKS THAT EXPERIENCED EXTREME RAINFALL LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WILL SEE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT. IF THIS SCENARIO OCCURS...THE REDEVELOPMENT OF EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING WOULD BE LIKELY. .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 AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
This blog features observations from Randy Turner, a former teacher, newspaper reporter and editor. Send news items or comments to rturner229@hotmail.com
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
More thunderstorms headed this way tonight
(From the National Weather Service)
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