HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 636 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 645 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
AREAS OF FREEZING FOG MAY RESULT IN A FEW SLICK SPOTS ON BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES EARLY THIS MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE OZARKS AND EXIT
INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. RAIN SHOWERS
ARE EXPECTED AS SOON AS TUESDAY. RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED TO BE
WIDESPREAD ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
BEGINNING TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY. INITIAL
RAIN TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY WILL MOISTEN THE SOIL WHILE
HIGHER RAINFALL RATES ALONG WITH GREAT AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY. THESE HIGHER RATES AND GREATER
AMOUNTS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING TO THE AREA.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH A FEW STRONG STORMS
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY IF SUFFICIENT
INSTABILITY AND SHEAR MATERIALIZE.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW EARLY
FRIDAY AS THE LOW DEPARTS NORTHEAST AND COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE
AREA. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT UPON THE TRACK OF
THE LOW. AT THIS TIME...ACCUMULATION IS A LOW PROBABILITY WITH
ANY ACCUMULATION FAVORING AREAS NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF A
CASSVILLE TO SPRINGFIELD TO SALEM LINE.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND TEENS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
THE FORECAST TRACK OF THIS UPCOMING STORM REMAINS VARIABLE. IF
THE TRACK SHIFTS FARTHER TO THE SOUTH THIS WOULD BRING A GREATER
WINTER WEATHER IMPACT. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD CONTINUE TO
MONITOR WEATHER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
.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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