Thursday, July 02, 2015

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms possible through next week for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-031815-
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-
110 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  ELEVATED HAIL RISK.
  ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  ELEVATED FLOODING RISK.
  ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  RESIDUAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF
  THE MISSOURI OZARKS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY
  EVENING FROM THE PREVIOUS COUPLE NIGHTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL.

  ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM MID
  AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS A WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH
  THE OZARKS. IF ENOUGH INSTABILITY CAN MANAGE TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF
  THIS FRONT...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
  POSSIBLE...MAINLY SOUTH OF A PITTSBURG KANSAS TO SALEM MISSOURI
  LINE. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP
  TO 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS.
  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE
  EXPECTED FROM ANY STORMS.

  IN ADDITION TO THE THUNDERSTORM HAZARDS...AFTERNOON HEAT
  INDEX VALUES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
  FAR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

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

  RESIDUAL FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND MAIN STEM RIVERS
  WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY.

  MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE
  MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...INCLUDING THE UPCOMING FOURTH OF JULY
  WEEKEND.

  AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S ARE
  EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
  KANSAS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON.

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