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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO  
217 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2026  
 
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217 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2026  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI  
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TODAY AND TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
SLIGHT TORNADO RISK.  
ENHANCED HAIL RISK.  
ENHANCED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.  
ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK.  
LIMITED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RISK  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND  
EVENING, ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54. LARGE HAIL UP  
TO 2 IN IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70MPH ARE THE MOST  
LIKELY HAZARDS WITH THIS ACTIVITY.  
 
OTHER STORMS LOOK TO FORM LATER IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS  
ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS WILL  
ALSO MOVE INTO THE AREA, MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44.  
LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER, DAMAGING WINDS TO 70MPH AND  
A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF STORMS COULD  
MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT.  
 
IF STORMS DO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS, LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING  
COULD OCCUR. CURRENTLY THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR THIS IS ALONG AND  
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.  
 
ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY MONDAY. ALL  
MODES OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY. THERE IS THE  
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS ALONG AND EAST OF  
HIGHWAY 63 MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  
 
WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO INCREASE TO 30-35 MPH MONDAY.  
 
A LINGERING MARGINAL (1 OF 5) RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS EXISTS  
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND  
EVENING. THE MAIN HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS IS LARGE HAIL.  
 
ANY SLOW-MOVING OR TRAINING STORMS COULD RESULT IN A LOCALIZED  
FLOODING RISK.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.  
 

 
 
MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT:  
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SGF/DSSPACKET  
 
THIS PRODUCT IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...  
HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT  
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SGF  
 

 
 
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