Sunday, March 30, 2008

Severe Weather Expected Monday 3/31/08

From the National Weather Service regarding Monday:

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. THE GREATEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN AREAS FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI...GENERALLY IN COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF MISSOURI HIGHWAY 5 FROM 2 PM THROUGH 10 PM.

It's spring folks, have the weather alert radios ready, and a plans in place.

UPDATE: We are already under a tornado watch. The forecast calls for a tornado possibility all day long into the night. We are going to get 3 waves. One preliminary line this morning, the main threat this afternoon, then a squall line tonight. Please monitor the NWS or local media to keep abreast of the situation.

1 comment:

Josh Martin said...

Looks like right now a pretty strong line with tornado warnings is going to slide north of Springfield. I don't know though, we may get clipped by it.

I kind of enjoy the spring time thunderstorms, but we don't need tornadoes or floods.