Sunday, May 24, 2015

One to three inches of rain expected today in SW Missouri

(From the National Weather Service)

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-250915-
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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-
409 AM CDT SUN MAY 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 THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  ELEVATED FLOODING RISK.
  ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK.

DISCUSSION...

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE
THROUGH TODAY WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO THE INTERSTATE 49 CORRIDOR OF FAR WESTERN
MISSOURI. RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT AS 1 TO
3 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY INTO MONDAY FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

THERE WILL BE A LIMITED RISK FOR WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 50 MPH
ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WITH ANY LINES OF STORMS THAT BOW TO THE
NORTH OR NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON.

NON THUNDERSTORM WINDS MAY GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON ALONG THE OZARK PLATEAU FROM MONETT TO SPRINGFIELD.

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

RAIN WILL TAPER OFF TEMPORARILY FROM THE WEST ON MONDAY. TOTAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH MONDAY
WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER 3 INCHES IN WESTERN PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OR RIVER
FLOODING.

THERE IS A LIMITED RISK FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ON
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SCATTERED NON SEVERE STORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED
AT TIMES THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK.

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