HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 335 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 345 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM TABLE ROCK LAKE TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE FORECASTED FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. MORE
SPECIFICALLY...THIS BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS
ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ROUGHLY TABLE ROCK LAKE...TO
SPRINGFIELD...TO VERSAILLES. ALONG WITH THIS SNOW
ACCUMULATION...THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET...PRIOR TO PRECIPITATION CHANGING COMPLETELY OVER TO SNOW.
REGARDING THE TIMING OF THIS EPISODE OF WINTER WEATHER...RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO BRIEFLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FROM
WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON...EVENTUALLY CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 45 MPH AT TIMES WHILE THE HEAVY SNOW IS
FALLING. THIS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS FROM LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.
BOTTOM LINE...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT
ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI.
.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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