HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 522 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 515 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
502 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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502 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
THIS MORNING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
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 THIS AFTERNOON.
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEST OF A CASSVILLE TO
SPRINGFIELD TO VERSAILLES FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR COMMUNITIES
EAST OF THIS CASSVILLE TO SPRINGFIELD TO VERSAILLES LINE FROM MID
EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65
CORRIDOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES
OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THIS AREA WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES
EXPECTED FOR COMMUNITIES EAST OF THIS 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.
.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)
$$

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.
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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.
$$
CLAYCOMB

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
534 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...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.
$$
CRAMER