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FLUS43 KSGF 200813
HWOSGF

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
313 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

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313 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED HAIL RISK.
  ELEVATED FLOODING RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS EXTREME
  SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THROUGH SUNRISE.
  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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

  THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING WILL AGAIN OCCUR FROM
  MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...AND IMPACT THE
  ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. THUNDERSTORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
  WEATHER MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY AS WELL.

  ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER MONDAY INTO
  EARLY TUESDAY 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.

  A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BUT
  SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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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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SCHAUMANN