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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
503 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2015

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LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
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503 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.
  LIMITED SNOW  RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN
  MISSOURI INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. A DUSTING TO A LITTLE OVER
  A HALF INCH OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED.

  WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS LATE TONIGHT AND
  EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

  WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY
  INTO SATURDAY EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
  PRECIPITATION WILL START AS SNOW SATURDAY BEFORE TRANSITIONING
  TO A WINTRY MIX SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. ALL RAIN
  IS EXPECTED IN MOST AREAS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

  SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
  ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR WITH THE
  LIGHTEST TOTALS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. 3 TO 5 INCHES
  OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TO THE NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44
  CORRIDOR. A THIN GLAZE OF ICE IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY
  NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY
  AT OR BELOW FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.

  A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL THEN IMPACT THE REGION FROM LATER
  MONDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ENOUGH INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO
  BE PRESENT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THIS TIME.
  THERE WILL ALSO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCALLY HEAVY
  RAINFALL AND A LIMITED RISK FOR FLOODING.

  WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE BY
  WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS AS A COLDER AIR MASS MOVES
  INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE DEPARTING 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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SCHAUMANN