Potentially severe thunderstorms possible tonight, overnight for Joplin area

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
100 PM CDT Wed May 2 2018

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100 PM CDT Wed May 2 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 tornado risk.
  Elevated hail risk.
  Significant thunderstorm wind damage risk.
  Limited flooding risk.
  Elevated lightning risk.
  Limited non thunderstorm wind risk.

DISCUSSION...

 Strong to potentially severe thunderstorms will impact portions
 of the outlook area late this evening and into the overnight
 hours. Some of these storms could be severe capable of producing
 large hail to the size of golf balls, damaging wind gusts up to
 70 mph and possibly a couple of tornadoes. The greatest risk for
 for severe weather tonight will occur along and north of the
 Interstate 44 corridor and especially from southeastern Kansas
 into the Lake of the Ozarks region of central Missouri.

 Locally heavy rainfall could result in localized minor flooding.

 Southerly winds will gust up to 35 mph especially across
 western Missouri and southeastern Kansas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

 Scattered thunderstorms will impact the outlook area Thursday
 into Thursday evening. There is a conditional risk for strong to
 severe storms if enough instability develops. The greatest risk
 for severe storms will across central Missouri later in the day.

 Southerly wind gusts over 30 mph will be possible on Thursday,
 especially across western Missouri and southeastern Kansas.