Strong thunderstorms expected tonight into Sunday

(From the National Weather Service)

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
927 AM CDT SAT AUG 3 2013

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927 AM CDT SAT AUG 3 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  SIGNIFICANT FLOODING RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK.


DISCUSSION...

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND STRENGTH
  THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING WITH JUST A FEW SCATTERED
  THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON.

  FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER
  STORMS THIS MORNING.

  FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
  AFTERNOON WITH SOME AREAS HAVING RECEIVED OVER 6 TO 8 INCHES OF
  RAINFALL OVERNIGHT.


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

  ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO
  SUNDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE RISK FOR FLOODING WILL ACCOMPANY
  THESE STORMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY
  MORNING.

  ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THE
  MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

  AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD REACH THE MID TO UPPER 90S
  ON A DAILY BASIS ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN
  MISSOURI.