HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 108 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.
&&
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)
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 300 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
.A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST
WILL MOVE INTO OKLAHOMA THURSDAY MORNING AND INTERACT WITH GULF
MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH.
INITIALLY...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM.
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
PROGRESS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES
WILL DROP RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND FALL INTO THE UPPER TEENS
AND LOW 20S THURSDAY NIGHT.
THE SEASONS FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW...ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS COULD COMBINE TO MAKE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
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CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...NEVADA...
APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...
SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...
PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE
300 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON
INTO THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI...OR WEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO
WARSAW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST
TO EAST. THESE STRONG WINDS...IF THEY MATERIALIZE...WILL MOST
LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES
REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS
DAY COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
CLAYCOMB

FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 534 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 300 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE OZARKS...
.AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION...PULLING GULF
MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO THE NATIONS MID SECTION. THIS UPPER LEVEL
STORM SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH THIS MOISTURE...TO PRODUCE
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE AT
RANDOM THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS
RANGING FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS ALONG AND
EAST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS. THIS
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LACK OF VEGETATION WILL
CREATE ENHANCED RUNOFF...WHICH COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF FLASH
FLOODING.
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GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-BARRY-
STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...
OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...
ROLLA...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...
EMINENCE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...
BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
534 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI...SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...CAMDEN...MARIES...
MILLER...PHELPS AND PULASKI. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
DENT...HOWELL...OREGON...SHANNON AND TEXAS. IN SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI...BARRY...CHRISTIAN...DALLAS...DOUGLAS...GREENE...
LACLEDE...OZARK...STONE...TANEY...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT.
* FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON
* WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE
EXPECTED FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO
LAKE OF THE OZARKS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE AT RANDOM THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF
FLASH FLOODING.
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.
$$
CRAMER