Heat advisory and thunderstorm warnings issued for Springfield


Audio|Source: Springfield, Mo NOAA Weather Radio WXL46
05:58
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You're listening to NOAA Weather Radio station WXL-46 Springfield, the voice of the National Weather Service, broadcasting from the KWFC FM Tower located near Fordland, Missouri, on a frequency of 162.40 megahertz. WXL 46 provides the people of Southwest Missouri with the latest forecasts, watches, and warnings from the National Weather Service in Springfield, Missouri. If you have problems with reception of this broadcast, please contact the radio manufacturer or call us at 4178638028. If you have questions or comments concerning this broadcast, please contact the National Weather Service email at, contact.sgf at NIA-8.gov or write to the National Weather Service 5805, West Highway WSpringfield, Missouri, 65802. For even more weather information from your national weather service, check out the following internet websites, www.weather.gov. Forward slash SGF. Heat advisory remains in effect until 7 p.m. Central Daylight Time Tuesday. What? Heat index values up to 108. Where? Portions of southeast, Kansas and Central, East Central, South Central, Southwest. and west central Missouri. When, until 7 p.m. Central Daylight Time Tuesday. Impacts, hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. Drink plenty of fluids. Stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. The current time is 10.54 p.m. Central Daylight Time. Now here is the hazardous weather outlook for portions of the Missouri Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas. For tonight, weather hazards expected, marginal thunderstorm wind damage risk. Limited lightning risk. Limited excessive heat risk. Elevated excessive rainfall risk discussion. Low temperatures will stay warm in the mid-70s overnight with the heat advisory still in effect through Tuesday. There is also a 10 to 20% chance for isolated thunderstorms from this evening into the overnight hours north of any Pittsburgh, Kansas to Warsaw, Missouri line. The main potential hazards with any storms would be frequent lightning, wind gusts to 50 miles per hour, and locally heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding. And now the extended outlook for the period Saturday through Thursday. The dangerous heat will continue through the weekend and into at least next Tuesday with highs generally in the mid-90s and heat index values from 100 to 105 each day. A heat advisory is in effect until 7 p.m. Tuesday. There is a 10 to 30% chance for afternoon thunderstorm Saturday and Sunday. The main potential hazard will be frequent lightning. A few storms on Saturday may also produce wind gusts to 50 miles per hour and localized flash flooding. There is in a 20 to 40% chance for thunderstorms during the middle of next week as a cold front moves into the region. Spotter information statement, spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. At 10 p.m. and Springfield, skies were clear. The temperature was 84, the dew point 71, and the relative humidity 65%. This made it feel like 89 degrees. The wind was southeast at 9 miles an hour, and the barometric pressure was 29.99 inches and rising. Around the region, skies ranged from clear to partly cloudy. It was 83 at Joplin, 81 at Rala, and 85 at Tulsa. Elsewhere across the Midwest, at Lake of the Ozarks, it was clear, with a temperature of 82. It was partly cloudy, with a temperature of 86 at Little Rock, and 88 at St. Louis. At Kansas City, it was cloudy, with a temperature of 75. Once again, at 10 p.m. and Springfield, it was 84 degrees, under clear skies. Here is your national weather service forecast for southwest Missouri, including the cities of Springfield, Branson, Lebanon, and surrounding communities. Tonight, mostly clear. Lowes in the mid-70s. South winds 5 to 10 miles an hour. Saturday, sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 miles an hour. Chance of rain 20%. Saturday night, partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Humid with lows in the mid-70s. South winds around 5 miles an hour. Sunday, mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds around 5 miles an hour. Sunday night, partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Humid with lows in the mid-70s. Southwest winds around 5 miles an hour. Monday through Tuesday night, mostly clear. Hot. Highs in the mid-nights. Lowes in the mid-70s. Heat index values up to 110. Wednesday, sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid-nights. Chance of rain 40%.
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