SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS

Severe thunderstorms are possible today and tonight.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO533 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-241045-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-533 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009...VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLETONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURIOZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS..DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ISOLATED TORNADOES NON THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: COMMUNITIES WEST OF A LINE FROM NEVADA TO JASPER TO POWELL FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY NON THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MISSOURI COMMUNITIES WEST OF A LINE FROM SHELL KNOB TO HARTVILLE TO SALEM FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING DISCUSSION: WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING. AS THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MISSOURI AND KANSAS CONTINUES TO INCREASE THIS MORNING...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE. BY LATE MORNING...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON FOR MANY COMMUNITIES. BY THIS AFTERNOON...SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET IS EXPECTED TO TURN MORE SOUTHWESTERLY AND AID IN THESE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM INTO A WEAKENING SQUALL LINE AS IT MOVES INTO WESTERN MISSOURI. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS LINE WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...BUT IF THE STORMS ARE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES...THEN A FEW TORNADOES COULD DEVELOP..DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. BY TUESDAY MORNING...THE COLD FRONT THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SURFACE LOW WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE OZARKS. THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. AS UPPER LEVEL WIND BECOME MORE PARALLEL TO THE FRONT...TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP RESULTING IN MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS TRAVERSING THE SAME AREA FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THIS COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF SOME LOCATIONS..SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR COMMUNITIES WEST OF A LINE FROM POWELL TO JASPER TO NEVADA AFTER 9 PM THIS EVENING.&&THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITHOTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...ATHTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)$$CLAYCOMB

Sorry, I'm lazy so I put up the HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO.

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