Storms to continue through Wednesday for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
312 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

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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-
312 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

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

DISCUSSION...

 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND
 SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE A
 DIMINISHING TREND THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF STORMS
 WILL OCCUR GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM OSCEOLA TO GAINESVILLE
 OR EAST OF HIGHWAY 65...AND INCLUDE THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS AND
 TRUMAN LAKE REGIONS.

 THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND
 SMALL HAIL. A LOCALIZED SEVERE STORM COULD PRODUCE HAIL TO THE
 SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

 ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
 HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

 SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP TUESDAY
 AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. A FEW SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP
 LATER TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS
 INTO WESTERN MISSOURI. THE RISK FOR LOCALIZED SEVERE WEATHER
 WILL OCCUR AGAIN WEDNESDAY MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS.
 HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH
 WOULD BE THE MAIN HAZARDS ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
 AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.