FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 310 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS EAST OF A LINE FROM
CASSVILLE...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO OSAGE BEACH.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN
WILL OCCUR MAINLY EAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO SALEM LINE. THIS
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY
ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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FOSTER
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 400 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...RAIN WILL BRIEFLY TURN TO SLEET
BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW THIS EVENING MAINLY AFTER 9 PM ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...OR AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM
BRANSON...TO LEBANON...TO ELDON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT CHRISTMAS EVE BEFORE ENDING CHRISTMAS DAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA. THESE
STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT
TIMES.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY
COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...INCLUDING ALONG HIGHWAYS 63 AND 160.
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGH WINDS
AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED. TRAVEL CONDITIONS
WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.
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CLAYCOMB
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