HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 842 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 845 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
841 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...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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