Update: Possibility Of Tornados Not Ruled Out
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Damaging wind gusts up to 75 miles per hour are in the Ozarks forecast starting late this afternoon and heading into the overnight hours.
The Springfield National Weather Service has not ruled out the possibility that some tornados could also develop.
Meterologist Doug Cramer tells KTTS News all the ingredients are there for severe storms, but they don't know how unstable the air mass coming from Kansas could become.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
138 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
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138 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 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.
LIMITED HAIL RISK.
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
LIMITED FLOODING RISK.
SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK.
LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK.
DISCUSSION...
SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH AND OCCASIONAL
GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE
HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON.
GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR THIS
AFTERNOON. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED WITH
THIS ACTIVITY.
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH THE REGION LATE
THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOVE WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY RISK WITH
THESE STORMS. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND A COUPLE OFTORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. IN ADDITION THERE IS A LIMITED
RISK OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST
KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF
THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEXT WEDNESDAY...SEVERE STORMS
ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AREA WIDE TONIGHT.
To see the latest web briefing from the national weather service click here.
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