HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 421 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-291030- 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- 421 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... EXTREME FLOODING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK. ELEVATED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. ELEVATED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK. LIMITED SNOW RISK. DISCUSSION... MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THE EASTERN OZARKS THIS MORNING. THIS RAIN WILL LIKELY EXACERBATE ONGOING FLOODING ACROSS THIS REGION. ELSEWHERE...AREAL FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. MANY RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TODAY...EXCEEDING MAJOR...OR IN SOME CASES...RECORD FLOOD STAGE. SIGNIFICANT FLOOD IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE IN MANY PLACES TODAY...EVEN AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN COMES TO AN END. LATER THIS MORNING...SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO FALL TO OR JUST BELOW FREEZING...INITIALLY OVER FAR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. AS THIS OCCURS...PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND LIGHT SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...WHERE UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE...AND A DUSTING OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. FURTHER TO THE EAST...TEMPERATURES ARE THE SURFACE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING UNTIL PRECIPITATION HAS ALMOST COME TO AN END. WHILE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAJOR WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NORTH WINDS WILL REMAIN VERY GUSTY THIS MORNING...AND THEN BECOME NORTHWESTERLY TO WESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH STRONG GUSTS CONTINUING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. AREA CREEKS...STREAMS...RIVERS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY REMAIN FLOODED THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK.
This blog features observations from Randy Turner, a former teacher, newspaper reporter and editor. Send news items or comments to rturner229@hotmail.com
Monday, December 28, 2015
Wind chill to drop to single digits tonight for Joplin area
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