Thunderstorms, hail may be on tap for Joplin area tonight

(From the National Weather Service)

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1251 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015

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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 FLOODING RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  THUNDERSTORMS FROM OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING BROUGHT FAIRLY
  WIDESPREAD 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH
  CENTRAL MISSOURI WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS HAS CAUSED
  SOME SIGNIFICANT FLOODING TO OCCUR WITH NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES
  AND WATER RESCUES DURING THE MORNING. WHILE THE WIDESPREAD RAIN
  HAS DIMINISHED...SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THIS AREA
  DURING THE AFTERNOON.

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG OUTFLOW
  BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING
  HOURS. STORMS MAY INITIALLY BE SUPERCELLULAR WITH LARGE
  HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ALL POSSIBLE.

  STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EVENTUALLY FORM INTO ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM
  COMPLEX WHICH IS EXPECTED TO AGAIN AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTH
  CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...BRINGING AN
  ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS
  WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING
  TONIGHT.

  IN ADDITION TO HAZARDS POSED BY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND
  TONIGHT...AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S
  WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME
  SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

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

  AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S CAN BE
  EXPECTED ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME
  SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AGAIN ON THURSDAY.

  MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO EARLY
  NEXT WEEK...INCLUDING THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND. STRONG TO
  SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
  INTO THURSDAY EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. THERE WILL ALSO BE AT LEAST A
  LIMITED RISK FOR FLOODING TO END THE WORK WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT OVER
  MOST OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.