HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 802 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 815 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO
THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.
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 THREE INCHES IN THIS
REGION...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST OF A CASSVILLE TO LAKE OF
THE OZARKS LINE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEST OF A SCHELL CITY TO
LAMAR TO BAXTER SPRINGS KANSAS LINE FROM LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT EAST
OF THIS LINE INTO THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR FROM LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY.
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. A
BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DURING THE CHANGE
OVER. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF
THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR...WITH HEAVY SNOW LIKELY WEST OF A LINE
FROM SCHELL CITY TO LAMAR TO BAXTER SPRINGS KANSAS. THE THREAT
FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MAINLY OCCUR LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY EVENING. TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR....WITH FOUR TO
SEVEN INCHES EXPECTED WEST OF A SCHELL CITY TO LAMAR TO BAXTER
SPRINGS LINE. IN ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES.
VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THURSDAY
EVENING.
LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH
CHRISTMAS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL MINOR
ACCUMULATIONS.
IN ADDITION...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS
IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS FROM LATE THURSDAY 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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