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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1000 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2015

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1000 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2015

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.
  LIMITED SNOW RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  WIND CHILL VALUES WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THROUGHOUT
  THE DAY TODAY IN MOST LOCATIONS.

  FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR
  SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. A DUSTING OF SNOW WILL BE
  POSSIBLE.

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

  WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER
  TEENS SATURDAY MORNING.

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

  LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND
  NORTHWEST OF A CASSVILLE TO SALEM LINE WHERE ONE TO FOUR INCHES
  WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR
  ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI BACK TOWARDS THE FORT SCOTT KANSAS
  AREA. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS
  OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
  PITTSBURG KANSAS TO ROLLA MISSOURI LINE.

  A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL THEN IMPACT THE REGION FROM LATER
  MONDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND ENOUGH INSTABILITY MAY BE PRESENT
  FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS TIME.

  THERE WILL ALSO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
  AND A LIMITED RISK FOR FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

  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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