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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 - June 27th-28th, 2013

National Weather Service, Springfield, MO

Event Summary

A complex of thunderstorms that developed near the Topeka, Kansas and Kansas City metropolitan areas during the evening of June 27th produced widespread wind damage across southeastern Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks late in the evening of the 27th through the overnight hours into early on June 28th.  Numerous reports were received of winds between 60 and 80 MPH.  


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Tim Ellis in Springfield took this picture near National and Meadowmere. Forwarded by Chris Smith - KOLR10

     

Josh Kashirsky provided these pictures of an uprooted tree and a split tree in Republic.



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