Friday, April 24, 2015

Severe weather possible this afternoon for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-250945-
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-
433 AM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

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

DISCUSSION...

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE THIS
  MORNING AND MOVE EAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. WHILE
  SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY...WIDESPREAD
  SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS...AND
  MOVE EAST INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. AT
  THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL MAINLY
  OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 49...WHERE LARGE HAIL...GUSTY
  WINDS...AND PERHAPS A TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE. STORMS
  WILL LIKELY WEAKEN LATE TONIGHT AS THEY CONTINUE EAST INTO THE
  REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

  ALONG WITH THE RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST
  TO AROUND 35 MPH AT TIMES TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

  THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AND OR REDEVELOP
  ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY.
  A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
  SATURDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44.

  ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR MONDAY AND
  TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT...MAINLY
  TO THE WEST OF AN OSCEOLA TO CASSVILLE LINE.

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