Thursday, October 01, 2009

Heads up this p.m.

Severe weather is likely in the Ozarks today:

 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR THIS MORNING. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. NON THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS GREATER
THAN 30 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING ACROSS EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND
INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES
INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE
GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG AND
EAST OF A NEVADA TO JOPLIN LINE FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.

THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO A SQUALL LINE BY
MID AFTERNOON...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO HIGH WIND SHEAR IN THE LOWER LEVELS
OF THE ATMOSPHERE. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL ALSO
CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE. A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS...BUT THE THREAT FOR FLASH
FLOODING WILL BE LOW AS THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE
QUICKLY TO THE EAST. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EXIT
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS EVENING.

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