Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Springfield, MO

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1101 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 1998

WILL ADD POPS TO ALL BUT WRN CWA AS VSB STLT SHOWING SCTD SHRA HV
DVLPD FROM SZL TO SGF IN THE LAST HOUR OR SO.  WILL ALSO KEEP RAIN IN
FOR ERN CWA AS SHWRS CONTINUE TO PERSIST IN THAT AREA.

CIRRUS BLOWOFF WILL ALSO AFFECT AFTN HIGH TEMPS OVR ALL BUT FAR WRN
ZNS. HV LOWERED HIGHS IN THE EAST BY ONE TO TWO CATEGORIES AS CLOUDS
WILL KEEP TEMPS DOWN.

GAEDE

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 1998

THE FOLLOWING OUTLOOK CONTAINS INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
BOURBON         CHEROKEE      CRAWFORD

IN SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

BARRY           DALLAS        LACLEDE        OREGON         STONE
BARTON          DENT          LAWRENCE       OZARK          TANEY
BENTON          DOUGLAS       MARIES         PHELPS         TEXAS
CAMDEN          GREENE        MCDONALD       POLK           VERNON
CEDAR           HICKORY       MILLER         PULASKI        WEBSTER
CHRISTIAN       HOWELL        MORGAN         SHANNON        WRIGHT
DADE            JASPER        NEWTON         ST CLAIR

...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

AT EARLY AFTERNOON...A VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA
WILL PROVIDE THE FUEL FOR YET ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM LAST NIGHTS
CONVECTION WILL ACT AS A FOCUS FOR TODAYS STORMS.

STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN
MISSOURI AFTER 5PM. WHILE THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS...SHEAR PROFILES ARE SUCH THAT ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE.

SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WITH THE GREATEST
THREAT NORTH OF I-44.  LARGE CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING.

SPOTTERS GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING FOR
ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

GAEDE