HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 601 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 615 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS
AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS MORNING. MORE SPECIFICALLY...A BAND
OF MODERATE SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WILL MOVE TO THE NORTH
AND NORTHEAST THIS MORNING AND IMPACT LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF
A LINE FROM ROUGHLY WARSAW TO HERITAGE TO CASSVILLE. ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THIS AREA
THROUGH NOON TIME TODAY.
WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 35 MPH AT TIMES WHILE THE SNOW IS FALLING.
THIS WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES
EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE
WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS MORNING AND TONIGHT.
BOTTOM LINE...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED EARLY THIS MORNING AS
MANY SECONDARY ROADS ARE ICY OR SNOW COVERED AND WILL CONTINUE TO
BE COVERED WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOWS THROUGH NOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE SATURDAY...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL MINOR ACCUMULATIONS.
IN ADDITION...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS
IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS THROUGH SATURDAY.
INTERESTS ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD
KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AS DETAILS BECOME CLEARER REGARDING THE IMPACTS OF THIS
STORM SYSTEM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)
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