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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO  
245 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2026  
 
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BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-  
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-  
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-  
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-  
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-  
245 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2026  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI  
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TODAY AND TONIGHT.  
 
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...  
 
MARGINAL THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.  
ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK.  
ELEVATED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RISK  
LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK.  
 
DISCUSSION...  
 
A FLOOD WATCH IS EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM THURSDAY AS ROUNDS OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. THERE IS  
THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING.  
 
A LOW, LESS THAN 5 PERCENT CHANCE, FOR A STRAY STRONG TO SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS MORNING, AND THEN AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON.  
PRIMARY HAZARD IS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH.  
 
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE  
EVENING, BRINGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 TO 30 MPH.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  
 
GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY COOLER  
TEMPERATURES FRIDAY.  
 
INCREASING CONFIDENCE IN PATCHY FROST, AND PERHAPS A FREEZE,  
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS. THE HIGHEST CONFIDENCE IS ON SUNDAY  
MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN OZARKS.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH 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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