Wednesday, June 04, 2014

Strong to severe storms, heavy rains headed this way

(From the National Weather Service)

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-
315 PM CDT WED JUN 4 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.
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
  THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWLY
  DROPS SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA.

  THERE WILL BE A LIMITED TO ELEVATED RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER
  WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. IF SEVERE STORMS
  DEVELOP...THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE
  SIZE OF QUARTERS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND PERHAPS
  AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

  LATER TONIGHT...A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS THEN EXPECTED TO
  FORM ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS AND MOVE EAST TOWARD THE
  REGION...APPROACHING FAR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AROUND SUNRISE
  THURSDAY MORNING. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK AND TIMING OF
  THIS COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WIND GUSTS...ALONG
  WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...CAN BE EXPECTED.

  HEAT INDICES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
  EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

  A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EAST OR SOUTHEAST ACROSS
  THE REGION THURSDAY MORNING. SOME SEVERE WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH
  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS COMPLEX.

  PERIODIC ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN CONTINUE THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
  POSSIBLE AT TIMES. AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING
  WILL BE A CONCERN DEPENDING ON THE TRACK AND EVOLUTION OF EACH
  INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OR LINE OF STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT IF
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP.

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