Ozarks Could Get Another Shot Of Severe Weather
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Thunderhead starts to build not long before severe thunderstorm warnings issued... vidw to southeast of Springfield Image by Greg Brock/KTTS
The Ozarks will have another chance to get rain but also severe weather could come along with it. The National Weather Service in Springfield says these storms could happen any time this afternoon and evening. Meteorologists say this system is capable of producing wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour, small hail, and a lot of rainfall.
337 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 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 HAIL RISK.
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK.
ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.
DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...ALONG WITH PENNY TO QUARTER
SIZE HAIL.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES
WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 105 DEGREES THROUGH LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OUTSIDE OF THE SHOWERS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND
FAR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...MAINLY ALONG
AND SOUTH OF I-44. AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE EASTERN
OZARKS THIS WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OBSERVED WIND DAMAGE OR
LARGE HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.
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