Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
229 FLUS43 KSGF 241758 HWOSGF Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Springfield MO 1258 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-251800- 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- 1258 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Weather hazards expected... Very Limited tornado risk. Limited hail risk. Limited thunderstorm wind damage risk. Elevated lightning risk. Very Limited excessive rainfall risk. DISCUSSION... Scattered thunderstorms will develop around mid-afternoon between I-49 and Highway 65 as a cold front pushes southeast across the area. These storms will then shift east into the eastern Ozarks this evening before ending by midnight. The primary potential hazards with these storms will be hail to two inches in diameter and damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph. There is a very low risk for an isolated tornado, mainly along and east of the Highway 63 corridor. There is also a very low threat for localized flash flooding across south-central Missouri. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Another round of strong to severe thunderstorms will move through the region late Saturday night into Sunday. Damaging wind and large hail will be the main severe weather risks. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed from mid-afternoon through midnight across the Missouri Ozarks. && More detailed information can be accessed at: http://www.weather.gov/sgf/dsspacket This product in graphical format...along with other weather... hydrological and climate information...at http://www.weather.gov/sgf $$ Schaumann