HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 415 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
356 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
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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 THIS AFTERNOON 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.
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEST OF A SCHELL CITY TO LAMAR
TO BAXTER SPRINGS KANSAS LINE FROM LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT EAST
OF THIS LINE INTO THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR FROM LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY.
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. A
BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DURING THE CHANGE
OVER. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF
THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR...WITH HEAVY SNOW LIKELY WEST OF A LINE
FROM SCHELL CITY TO LAMAR TO BAXTER SPRINGS KANSAS. THE THREAT FOR
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MAINLY OCCUR LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND THURSDAY EVENING. TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED
ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR....WITH FOUR TO SEVEN
INCHES EXPECTED WEST OF A SCHELL CITY TO LAMAR TO BAXTER SPRINGS
LINE. IN ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE
WITH THE SNOW TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. VISIBILITIES
AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE ARE EXPECTED 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 THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL MINOR
ACCUMULATIONS.
IN ADDITION...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS
IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS FROM LATE 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.
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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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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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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
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...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.
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CRAMER