Sunday, August 04, 2013

Thunderstorms, heavy rain to redevelop tonight

(From the National Weather Service)

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  ELEVATED FLOODING RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH EAST INTO
  SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. CLOUD TO
  GROUND LIGHTNING AND MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED
  WITH THESE STORMS. THIS AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  WEAKEN AND BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE DURING THE DAY TODAY.

  LATER TONIGHT...AN ADDITIONAL COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS
  EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. FREQUENT
  CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE
  EXPECTED WITH THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS. WITH ALREADY SATURATED
  GROUND...HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH
  FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.

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

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHEAST EARLY MONDAY
  MORNING ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL SCATTERED
  THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY MONDAY.

  AN ADDITIONAL COMPLEX OF STORMS IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
  TUESDAY MORNING...POSSIBILITY BRINGING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN. THE
  AREA MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS IS ALONG AND TO
  THE EAST OF A LINE FROM OSAGE BEACH TO EMINENCE.

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
  REMAINDER OF THE WORKWEEK AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DROPS SOUTH INTO
  THE REGION.

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

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