Thursday, April 24, 2014

Hail, wind, lightning risk for today in Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-251830-
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
116 PM CDT THU APR 24 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED TORNADO RISK.
  ELEVATED HAIL RISK.
  ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST ACROSS
  THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STRONG TO SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE. LARGE HAIL TO THE
  SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS...AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN
  THREATS WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

  ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WEST OF HIGHWAY 65
  ON FRIDAY.

  A FEW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AS A
  WARM FRONT LIFTS THROUGH THE REGION. MORE ORGANIZED
  THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL THEN ARRIVE FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
  THERE CONTINUES TO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER SUNDAY
  AND MONDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES...WHICH
  MAY INCLUDE PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI
  OZARKS. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT AREA WILL DEPEND ON THE EXACT
  TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM...WHICH REMAINS UNCERTAIN AT THIS
  TIME.

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