HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 552 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
MISSOURI...
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
LATE TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FEW OF THE
STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
QUARTERS...PARTICULARLY OVER AREAS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND
FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60
MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.
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 FOUR
INCHES IN THIS REGION...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
FLOODING.
NON THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE ALSO
EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA FROM LATER WEDNESDAY
INTO FRIDAY.
RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MID DAY
THURSDAY. AREAS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND WESTERN MISSOURI COULD
EXPERIENCE SOME ACCUMULATION. LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH CHRISTMAS.
IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND
CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS FRIDAY AND 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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