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FLUS43 KSGF 051631
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1031 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

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1031 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.
  ELEVATED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE MISSOURI
  OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
  SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH
  CENTRAL MISSOURI...WITH MOSTLY SNOW NORTH AND WEST OF THE
  INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR
  SOUTH AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. ICE ACCUMULATION
  OF A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH AND EAST OF A
  GAINESVILLE TO EMINENCE LINE.

  PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS
  AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. A SECOND ROUND OF
  SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND AFFECT MUCH OF THE
  OUTLOOK AREA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL AGAIN BE
  SOUTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 44.

  WIND CHILL VALUES TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS
  IN MANY AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

  SNOW WILL COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY ON
  FRIDAY WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER
  SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST
  KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  ANOTHER CHANCE FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT THE REGION
  LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...MOST LIKELY IN THE FORM OF
  LIGHT SNOW.  ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

  BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATE THIS WEEK AND
  WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL
  DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS EACH NIGHT FROM
  FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH WIND CHILLS FALLING BELOW ZERO AT
  TIMES. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO WARM ABOVE THE MID
  20S THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

.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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