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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
240 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
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LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
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240 AM CDT SAT AUG 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...
SIGNIFICANT EXTREME HEAT RISK.
DISCUSSION...
HIGHS WILL ONCE AGAIN RANGE IN THE UPPER 90S TO LOW 100S THIS
AFTERNOON, WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 TO 110 DEGREES.
TONIGHT WILL OFFER LITTLE TO NO RELIEF FROM THE EXTREME HEAT, AS
OVERNIGHT LOWS REMAIN IN THE MID 70S TO LOW 80S.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 TO 110 DEGREES WILL PERSIST ACROSS
THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. LONGEVITY OF EXTREME HEAT WITH LIMITED
RELIEF DURING THE NIGHT WILL ELEVATE THE HEAT RISK AND POTENTIAL
IMPACTS.
EXTENSIVE PERIODS OF HOT TEMPERATURES, SOMEWHAT DRY AIR, AND A
BIT OF BREEZY WINDS MAY LEAD TO QUICK DRYING OF FUELS AND LOCALLY
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER.
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES (20 TO 50 PERCENT) WILL OCCUR
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.
GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE.
ADDITIONAL RAIN CHANCES (10-30 PERCENT), WILL RETURN LATE NEXT
WEEK.
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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