Hazardous Weather Outlook
by Dev | Posted on Monday, March 19th, 2012
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 128 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-201830- 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- 128 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 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. ELEVATED FLOODING RISK. SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS...AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT A WEAK TORNADO OR TWO COULD DEVELOP. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A WIDESPREAD EPISODE OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THREE TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN IS FORECASTED OVER THE AREA...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...AND MAIN STEM RIVERS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR WEST OF HIGHWAY 65...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OVER THE EASTERN OZARKS. THERE IS THEN A LIMITED RISK FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ON TUESDAY ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT FOR WEST OF A LINE FROM BULL SHOALS LAKE TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)
