Severe thunderstorms possible Friday afternoon, evening for Joplin area

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
347 PM CDT Thu Apr 12 2018

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347 PM CDT Thu Apr 12 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri
Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Limited non thunderstorm wind risk.
  Elevated fire weather risk.

DISCUSSION...

  Windy conditions will continue this evening across the area.
  winds of 25 to 35 mph will be possible and gusts to 40 mph.

  The windy conditions will produce fire weather concerns,
  although moisture will increase through tonight.

  Some scattered storms will be possible towards sunrise on
  Friday.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

  Windy conditions will persist into Friday as a strong storm
  system slowly moves through the region. Gusts over 40 mph will
  again be possible on Friday.

  Severe thunderstorms will be possible from around midday Friday
  afternoon through Friday evening across much of the area. The
  greatest risk for severe storms will occur along and west of an
  Osceola to Marshfield to Gainesville line. Isolated supercell
  thunderstorms capable of producing all modes of severe weather
  will be possible if enough instability can develop. If
  instability remains weaker, severe storms will still be
  possible, however the overall threat will be lower.

  Another freeze is possible Saturday night and again Sunday
  night.

  Gusty southwest winds of 30 to 35 mph will be possible over
  southeast Kansas and western Missouri on Tuesday.