Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Severe Storms Possible - Thursday, April 3rd

Conditions are coming together for more severe weather on Thursday. The NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook states:

THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT REMAINS DEPENDENT ON JUST HOW FAR NORTH THE WARM FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA. AT THIS TIME...THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE AS FAR NORTH AS INTERSTATE 44. LOCATIONS NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY WILL BE PRONE TO A FEW STORMS PRODUCING MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL...TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY...ANY SURFACE BASED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL ... DAMAGING WIND AND A FEW TORNADOES.

Now is the time to consider safety plans and make sure your weather alert radios are on and ready. Be safe.

1 comment:

Josh Martin said...

We got some pea size hail earlier today on the southwest side of Springfield.