THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... SIGNIFICANT FLOODING RISK. SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK. DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...BUT BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. LATE TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...BUT SOME HEAVY RAIN MAY STILL OCCUR IN EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI. BECAUSE OF EXTREMELY SATURATED SOILS... EVEN SHORT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. OTHERWISE...MANY CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL REMAIN FLOODED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN FROM THE LAST WEEK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL PERSIST INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND RISK FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && 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) (dm)
Posted on: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 03:15:54 +0000