Stoddard County, MO - The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for this evening in Stoddard County, Missouri.

...Storms with Damaging Winds and Tornadoes Possible This Evening and Overnight...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

An organized outbreak of severe thunderstorms is possible starting this evening and continuing overnight. The main hazards will be damaging winds and tornadoes, including the potential for a couple of strong, destructive tornadoes.

Thunderstorms are expected to develop by late today into the early evening across southeast Missouri and southern Illinois and possibly far west Kentucky, then continue through the overnight hours across southwest Indiana and the rest of western Kentucky. Conditions will be favorable for damaging winds and tornadoes along a broken line of storms, and a couple long-track tornadoes are possible.

Outside of thunderstorms, strong gradient non-thunderstorm wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph are possible this evening into early Saturday morning.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed this evening and overnight.