Severe Storms Likely - Friday 4/30/10

Updated: 12:52PM

Severe storms are likely this afternoon and tonight. The NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook calls for the following risks today:

Risk Level

• Hail - Significant
• Winds - Extreme
• Tornado - Elevated
• Flooding - Limited

The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK puts our area in a slight risk box for the day.

You should stay tuned to local weather forecasts. Make sure your NOAA All Hazards Radio is on and backed up by battery. If you don't own a NOAA All Hazards Radio, you should. Click the link for a previous blog post on selecting one.

Significant Risk of Severe Storms Today Into Tomorrow

The Storm Prediction Center has SW MO in a slight risk box with a moderate risk box just south of the Arkansas border. The NWS office in Springfield MO is calling for severe weather in our area. As of 5:48 a.m. the risks are as follows:

• Elevated risk for tornadoes
• Significant risk for hail
• Elevated risk for thunderstorm wind gusts
• Elevated risk for lighting

You should stay tuned to local weather forecasts. Make sure your NOAA All Hazards Radio is on and backed up by battery. If you don't own a NOAA All Hazards Radio, you should. Click the link for a previous blog post on selecting one.

Severe Storms Likely - Wednesday 3/10/2010

Severe storms are likely this evening. They are expected to develop over SE Kansas and E Oklahoma between 4 pm and 7 pm. They will move into SW Missouri into the evening and overnight. Expected with these storms:

• Isolated Tornadoes
• Large Hail The Size of Golf Balls
• Damaging Wind in Excess of 70 MPH

You should stay tuned to local weather forecasts. Make sure your NOAA All Hazards Radio is on and backed up by battery. If you don't own a NOAA All Hazards Radio, you should. Click the link for a previous blog post on selecting one.

2010 SkyWarn Spotter Training

Spotter training classes have been posted on the National Weather Service web sit for 2010.

• Christian County - 2/9/10 Nixa Community Center
• Jasper County - 2/9/10 Location not noted
  
• Greene County - 3/25/10 Drury Univ. Trustee Science Room

The complete list can be found here.

Assessment of the May 10, 2008 Killer Tornado

The Joplin Globe has an article on the assessment of the May 10, 2008 killer tornado that ripped through Northeast Oklahoma and Southwest Missouri killing 21 people. The assessment of the handling of the tornado by the National Weather Service should prove to help with future weather events that extend across jurisdictions.

Regardless of the findings, there was quite a bit of lead time with the warnings issued. I think more focus should be put on the public paying attention. Weather alert radios certainly help with that. Everyone should own one!

Flooding/Severe Weather - Thursday 10/8

The Storm Prediction Center and the National Weather Service are predicting very heavy rainfall of two to four inches, with locally heavier amounts in some places. There is a slight possibility storms could organize and produce damaging winds.

While the Hazardous Weather Outlook from the Springfield, MO NWS office does not mention the possibility of tornadoes, the Storm Prediction Center does show us on a 2%-5% line for the possibility and mentions it in the Day 1 Convective Outlook.

You should stay tuned to local weather forecasts. Make sure your NOAA All Hazards Radio is on and backed up by battery. If you don't own a NOAA All Hazards Radio, you should. Click the link for a previous blog post on selecting one.

Severe Weather Possible - Thur 9/30 into Fri 10/1

Updated 9/30/2009.

The National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook (HWO) is calling for the possibility of severe storms late Thursday afternoon into Thursday evening. Weather threats include:

• damaging downburst winds
• large hail
• locally heavy rainfall
• limited risk of isolated tornadoes

You can view the NWS weather briefing here.

You should stay tuned to local weather forecasts. Make sure your NOAA All Hazards Radio is on and backed up by battery. If you don't own a NOAA All Hazards Radio, you should. Click the link for a previous blog post on selecting one.