HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 105 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLASH FLOODING AND HEAVY SNOWFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE OUTLOOK AREA...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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 WEST OF A NEVADA TO BRANSON LINE.
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.
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING.
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF THE
HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR...MAINLY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY
EVENING. TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF
THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A NEVADA TO COLUMBUS KANSAS LINE. IN
ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE
SNOW TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. VISIBILITIES AT OR
BELOW A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE 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 ADDITIONAL MINOR ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A WINTER
STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65
CORRIDOR FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS
IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS FROM 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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