KOAM TV 7 Joplin and PittsburgThursday 10:15pm April 14th

Thursday 10:15pm April 14th

Meteorologist Brian Davis:

Good evening everyone, We are continuing to monitor the weather situation this evening. The good news is that the tornado threat has weakened considerably. We will still have the hail, wind, and lighting to deal with over parts of our viewing area from Chanute to Baxter Springs and Miami and points east for the next 2 to 3 hours. Here is a view of the radar as of 10:15 this evening.

Meteorologist Doug Heady:

Good evening everyone.  I want to give you an update on what is going on.  Here is a look at our latest interactive radar.

http://www.koamtv.com/category/191239/sky-watch-interactive-radar

These storms have weakened a bit as they have been working east.  SW MO and NW AR is still highly capped, but fairly unstable.  What this is doing is not allowing these storms to push east very quickly and causing them to weaken a bit.  Right now we are just looking at severe thunderstorm warnings.  The dryline is still a bit back to the west.  Let me show you.

The dryline is still along our western counties.  So I expect storms to keep firing up along the dryline and pushing into this complex.  I expect the tornado threat to continue to drop.  Now I think the threat with tornadoes has dropped just to a possible weak tornado forming.  But after 8 or so, this threat will be going down evening more.  So we are starting to shift to a high wind hail threat for the rest of the night.  These will continue to for and push through.  I don't expect them out of here for several hours.  I will keep you updated and I am sure your all happy the tornado threat is rapidly decreasing. 

Here is a look at your 7-day forecast.

dheady@koamtv.com

Doug

Next week:

Chances for thunderstorms really increase again on Monday and Tuesday.  We will be cooler for Wednesday and Thursday.  We should warm up some towards the weekend with additional rain chance by the weekend.

April 17th-23rd:

Our next system rolls in around Tuesday and Wednesday again.  This will give us good chances for showers and thunderstorms and possibly some severe storms.  The rest of the week will be cooler, but temps will start to warm back up towards the weekend.

April 24th-30th:

Our next storm system rolls in for Tuesday and Wednesday.  This will give us good chances for showers and thunderstorms, that could be strong to severe.  A little cooler for the rest of the week, but warming up during the weekend.  We will see a fairly nice weekend, or should.

May (1st-7th):

A mild start to the week with rain chances on Monday and Tuesday.  We will cool down for the middle of the week, but warm back up towards the weekend.

May (8th-14th):

Chances for thunderstorms here at the beginning of the week.  Some could be severe, so we need to watch it.  Additional thunderstorm chances again towards the weekend.