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Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Read More >

Severe Storms - January 29th, 2013

National Weather Service, Springfield, MO

Event Summary

A potent storm system brought widespread rain and thunderstorms to the region on Tuesday, January 29. Some of the storms were severe and produced localized damaging wind gusts which resulted in downed trees and some structural damage.  The storms also brought much needed rainfall with amounts of two to three inches common across the Ozarks and Osage Plains of southern Missouri and extreme southeastern Kansas. This heavy rainfall did cause of minor flooding of flood prone low water crossings in south central Missouri.

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