HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 353 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 345 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM TABLE ROCK LAKE TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE FORECASTED FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. MORE
SPECIFICALLY...THIS BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS
ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ROUGHLY TABLE ROCK LAKE...TO
SPRINGFIELD...TO VERSAILLES. ALONG WITH THIS SNOW
ACCUMULATION...THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET...PRIOR TO PRECIPITATION CHANGING COMPLETELY OVER TO SNOW.
REGARDING THE TIMING OF THIS EPISODE OF WINTER WEATHER...RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO BRIEFLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FROM
WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON...EVENTUALLY CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 45 MPH AT TIMES WHILE THE HEAVY SNOW IS
FALLING. THIS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS FROM LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.
BOTTOM LINE...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT
ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA CHRISTMAS DAY...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE SATURDAY...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 TONIGHT 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)
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 400 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER STORM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY...
.A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN OVER
SOUTHWEST TEXAS THIS MORNING AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS LOW...MUCH COLDER AIR
WILL BE DRAWN INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI AS STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM.
INITIALLY...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM. AS THE LOW MOVES INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS
AFTERNOON...RAIN WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE OVER TO MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOW FALL AND SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. 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 WILL COMBINE TO RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS
WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY EVENING INTO
EARLY FRIDAY.
MOZ057-058-070-071-081>083-091-092-096>098-104>106-242100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WW.Y.0007.091225T0300Z-091226T0000Z/
MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-
DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LEBANON...HOUSTON...
CABOOL...SALEM...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...
FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
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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