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FLUS43 KSGF 282222
HWOSGF

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
422 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-012230-
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
422 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  ELEVATED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK.
  ELEVATED SNOW RISK.

DISCUSSION...

MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES
FROM WEST TO EAST STARTING THIS EVENING WITH LIGHT SNOW AND
FLURRIES THEN CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE
OR VERY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM LATER THIS
EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

LIGHT SNOW OR A LIGHT WINTRY MIX WILL BE ONGOING SUNDAY MORNING
AND WILL BECOME MORE RAIN AND END SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. LOCALIZED
AMOUNTS UP TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

A THIN GLAZE OF ICE WITH AMOUNTS GENERALLY LESS THAN FIVE
HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN
MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

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 ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW AS COLDER AIR WORKS
INTO THE REGION ON THE BACK END OF THIS STORM SYSTEM FROM TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

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.
  HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY SNOWFALL REPORTS TO
  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

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)

$$

SCHAUMANN