Damaging wind gusts, hail possible Thursday for Springfield area

(From the National Weather Service)

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227 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING
  AS HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES
  OCCUR.

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVERNIGHT
  TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THROUGH CENTRAL
  MISSOURI. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER
  BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING MAY BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

  PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AT TIMES FROM
  THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT
  MOVES TOWARD AND THROUGH THE REGION. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
  THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44
  CORRIDOR. RAINFALL RATES IN THESE AREAS MAY BE HIGH ENOUGH TO
  SUPPORT LOCALIZED FLOODING THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY
  MORNING.

  IN ADDITION TO LOCALIZED FLOODING RISK...A STRONG TO SEVERE
  STORM OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
  WITH THE PRIMARY RISK BEING STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
  PENNY SIZE HAIL. ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
  POSSIBLE FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT...PRIMARY NORTH OF THE
  INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR AS THE COLD FROM MOVES THROUGH THE
  REGION. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE
  POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.