HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 102 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 115 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF
THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED...SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE MORE ROBUST STORMS
ALONG WITH POCKETS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO
FURTHER LOCAL FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE OF EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE LINE. SIMILAR
TO TODAY...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE. WITH RAIN TODAY SATURATING SOILS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL THURSDAY MORNING COULD LEAD TO
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND FURTHER FLOODING OF AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS.
AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...AND MOVES INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY THURSDAY
NIGHT...COLDER AIR WILL QUICKLY BE PULLED EAST INTO THE MAJORITY OF
THE OUTLOOK AREA. THIS WILL CAUSE A RAPID TRANSITION FROM RAIN...TO A
WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND EVENTUALLY ALL SNOW
THROUGHOUT THE DAY THURSDAY. LOCATIONS ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI
WOULD BE THE FIRST TO EXPERIENCE THIS MIX OF PRECIPITATION AS EARLY AS
EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MINOR ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAYLIGHT HOURS...BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO
ALL SNOW BY MID TO LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS ALONG THE
KANSAS AND MISSOURI STATE LINE MAY SEE THIS MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...AND
SNOW AS EARLY AS MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY...WITH POINTS FURTHER EAST
MISSOURI EXPERIENCING THE SLEET AND SNOW MIX LATER THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET MAY BE POSSIBLE BEFORE
SWITCHING TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT...AND BECOME MOST PERSISTENT ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI
THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY EVENING FOR AREAS NORTH OF THE
MISSOURI RIVER. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY RANGE FROM AS LITTLE AS A
COUPLE INCHES OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI...TO AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES ALONG
THE IOWA BORDER WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE SATURDAY. EXACERBATING THE
WINTER STORM IMPACTS WILL BE THE INTRODUCTION OF STRONG WESTERLY TO
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WITH THE SNOWFALL. SUSTAINED WINDS MAY REACH 30
MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...CREATING EXTENSIVE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF MIXED
WINTER PRECIPITATION ONSET AND SNOWFALL TOTALS WOULD BE MUCH
APPRECIATED.
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