HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 601 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 615 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS GENERALLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST JOSEPH TO BETHANY THIS MORNING AND
EARLY AFTERNOON. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER POCKETS OF
HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCAL MINOR FLOODING OF
SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE OF EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE LINE. SIMILAR
TO TODAY...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE. WITH RAIN TODAY SATURATING SOILS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL THURSDAY MORNING COULD LEAD TO
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND FURTHER FLOODING OF AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS.
AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...AND MOVES INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY THURSDAY
NIGHT...COLDER AIR WILL QUICKLY BE PULLED EAST INTO THE MAJORITY OF
THE OUTLOOK AREA. THIS WILL CAUSE A RAPID TRANSITION FROM RAIN...TO A
WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND EVENTUALLY ALL SNOW
THROUGHOUT THE DAY THURSDAY. LOCATIONS ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI
WOULD BE THE FIRST TO EXPERIENCE THIS MIX OF PRECIPITATION AS EARLY AS
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...BUT MOST LIKELY TOWARDS SUNRISE THURSDAY. MINOR
ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAYLIGHT
HOURS...BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI STATE LINE MAY SEE
THIS MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW AS EARLY AS NOON THURSDAY...WITH
POINTS EAST THROUGH WESTERN MISSOURI EXPERIENCING THE SLEET AND SNOW
MIX LATER THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET MAY BE
POSSIBLE BEFORE SWITCHING TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT...AND BECOME MOST PERSISTENT ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI
THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY EVENING FOR AREAS NORTH OF THE
MISSOURI RIVER. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY RANGE FROM AS LITTLE AS A
COUPLE INCHES OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI...TO AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES ALONG
THE IOWA BORDER WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE SATURDAY MORNING.
EXACERBATING THE WINTER STORM IMPACTS WILL BE THE INTRODUCTION OF
STRONG WESTERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WITH THE SNOWFALL. SUSTAINED
WINDS MAY REACH 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA...CREATING EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF MIXED
WINTER PRECIPITATION ONSET AND SNOWFALL TOTALS WOULD BE MUCH
APPRECIATED.
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