Severe Weather Tuesday 3/10/09

Look for a round of severe weather in the Ozarks on Tuesday.

Storms should fire in the early afternoon and the progress east and south over the area.

Instability looks weak and the winds are not real favorable for tornadoes but an isolated cell could develop one at some point late this afternoon or early this evening.

Tornado Drill for Missouri Today, Tuesday 3/10

The statewide tornado drill is scheduled for 1:30 today. Severe weather concerns appear to have lessened for that time of the day so as of now the drill will take place.

Sirens will go off and a test tornado warning will be transmitted, causing NOAA weather radio to alarm. Remember, this is only a test!

If your weather radio doesn't work or you need help programming it, you can always contact us at the Weather Lab. Or you can come out to JCPenney at the Battlefield Mall from 10 am to 4 pm, Saturday, March 14th.

Tornado Warning

A tornado warning has been issued for northern St. Clair until 1:15 am. This is a bowing segment thunderstorm type will is capable of producing damaging winds along its leading edge and perhaps a brief tornado.

This storm will continue to track into Benton Co. by 1:15 and may again showing a tightening rotation enough for another tornado warning.

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Severe Storms Monday 3/9

Severe probability and tornado probablity for this evening and overnight.

The overall situation features the rapid return of moisture and instability northward through Oklahoma and into southeastern Kansas late this afternoon and early evening. This will flow straight into a very favorable wind shear pattern.

A narrow corridor of higher tornado probability exists on an axis from around Oklahoma City to Bolivar during this period.

I expect storms to initially develop in all long this axis tonight, forming a sort of "daisy chain" effect with the greatest tornadic potential for storms more to the west. These storms will then ride into our viewing area this evening and later tonight.

SEVERE STORM THREAT ON MONDAY

A warm front lifts northward tomorrow causing showers and storms to develop along and ahead of it across Oklahoma and Kansas. Some of the storms may be severe. The strongest storms appear as though they'll mainly impact Kansas and Oklahoma though a few may hold together and track into western Missouri tomorrow afternoon and evening.