HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 502 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 515 AM CST FRI DEC 25 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
THIS MORNING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
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 THIS AFTERNOON.
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEST OF A CASSVILLE TO
SPRINGFIELD TO VERSAILLES FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR COMMUNITIES
EAST OF THIS CASSVILLE TO SPRINGFIELD TO VERSAILLES LINE FROM MID
EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65
CORRIDOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES
OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THIS AREA WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES
EXPECTED FOR COMMUNITIES EAST OF THIS 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.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA CHRISTMAS DAY...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
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 FROM LATE TONIGHT 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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