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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
601 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

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601 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  ELEVATED TORNADO RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT HAIL RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  ELEVATED FLOODING RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS EXTREME
  SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS EARLY THIS MORNING.
  THE MOST NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR FROM THE
  PITTSBURG AND COLUMBUS KANSAS AREAS...EAST TOWARDS LAMAR AND
  INTO THE STOCKTON LAKE REGION.

  FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN
  IMPACTS FROM THIS ACTIVITY...ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES.

  RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR WITH
  SOME OF THESE STORMS...WHICH WILL LEAD TO A RISK OF FLASH
  FLOODING. THE GREATEST RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR
  ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR.

  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN
  KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
  OVERNIGHT HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
  KANSAS AND THE OZARKS AND PRODUCE ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER
  INCLUDING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...DAMAGING WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND TORNADOES.

  IN ADDITION...MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN
  HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. RAINFALL AMOUNT FROM ONE TO TWO
  INCHES WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

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

  THE RISK OF ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING WILL LINGER
  INTO TUESDAY FOR MOST OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS. THE PRIMARY
  CONCERNS FOR TUESDAY WOULD BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND
  HEAVY RAINFALL .

  A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BUT
  SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED LATER TODAY FOR AREAS WEST OF
  HIGHWAY 65 AND ALL OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT AND DURING THE
  OVERNIGHT HOURS.

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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)

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