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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.  
 
 
 
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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