It has been a busy day around Mid Missouri with showers and thunderstorms. The issues has been mainly to the south where we have seen Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and Tornado Warnings throughout the afternoon. We will have a Tornado Watch still in effect until 10pm tonight for the counties of Camden, Phelps, Maries, Miler, and Morgan.
Today we have seen the warm front lift through the area. The low level jet has kicked in really helping to stream moisture from the gulf into the Midwest. Moisture is one of the three components that is needed for severe weather development. You also need lift and instability. Both of these will be present throughout the evening and into your Wednesday as well. This is due in part to the warm front. This front will be turning into a stationary front tomorrow allowing the cool and warm airmassses to mix. Instability will occur along this boundary which brings about showers and thunderstorms to our area.
Also note, we are in a slight risk for Wednesday. You can look at the SPC for the latest information on Severe Weather chances: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/
We will continue to monitor these storms as they develop around the area. Make sure to tune into KOMU8, www.komu.com , and KOMU Mobile (where you can actually track the storms on your cell phone and listen to updates from National Weather Service) for the latest information with Coverage You Can Count On!
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