HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 802 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 800 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009

Expires:200912230200;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
800 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
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800 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
   NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
  LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE OZARKS AND EXIT
  INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. RAIN
  SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED AS SOON AS TUESDAY. RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED
  TO BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
  BEGINNING TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY. INITIAL
  RAIN TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY WILL MOISTEN THE SOIL WHILE
  HIGHER RAINFALL RATES ALONG WITH GREAT AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY. THESE HIGHER RATES AND
  GREATER AMOUNTS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING TO
  THE AREA.
  ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH A FEW STRONG STORMS
  PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE
  WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY IF SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND SHEAR
  MATERIALIZE.
  PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW EARLY
  FRIDAY AS THE LOW DEPARTS NORTHEAST AND COLDER AIR MOVES INTO
  THE AREA. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT UPON THE
  TRACK OF THE LOW. AT THIS TIME...ACCUMULATION IS A LOW
  PROBABILITY WITH ANY ACCUMULATION FAVORING AREAS NORTH AND
  NORTHWEST OF A CASSVILLE TO SPRINGFIELD TO SALEM LINE.
  STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE
  DIGITS AND TEENS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
  THE FORECAST TRACK OF THIS UPCOMING STORM REMAINS VARIABLE. IF
  THE TRACK SHIFTS FARTHER TO THE SOUTH THIS WOULD BRING A GREATER
  WINTER WEATHER IMPACT. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD CONTINUE
  TO MONITOR WEATHER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS FROM THE NATIONAL
  WEATHER SERVICE.
.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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