HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 448 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH...PARTICULARLY OVER AREAS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY...PARTICULARLY OVER AREAS EAST
OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS. STORM TOTAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES IN THIS
REGION...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
NON THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED
ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT EXPECTED
TO MOVE THOUGH WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING INTO FRIDAY.
RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MID DAY THURSDAY.
AREAS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND WESTERN MISSOURI COULD EXPERIENCE
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH CHRISTMAS.
IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN
THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS THURSDAY EVENING 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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