000 FXUS21 KMCI 050959 NOWMCI SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 359 AM CST TUE MAR 5 1996 KSZ103>105-MOZ028-029-037-051130- THE CITIES OF -KANSAS CITY-OLATHE- 359 AM CST TUE MAR 5 1996 .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A BRIEF CLAP OF THUNDER CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE METRO AREA THROUGH 6 AM. SHOWERS HAVE BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS THE NORTHLAND AND THE KANSAS SIDE OF THE METRO SINCE 3 AM AND THEY WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE CITY BETWEEN 4 AND 5 AM. A COLD FRONT DIVIDES THE CITY IN HALF WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE UPPER 40S IN THE FAR NORTHWEST SUBURBS TO THE LOWER 60S IN PLEASANT HILL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH WITH THESE SHOWERS. $$ MOZ038>040-044>046-054-051130- THE CITIES OF -CLINTON-SEDALIA- 359 AM CST TUE MAR 5 1996 .NOW... THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA FOR THE TIME BEING. HOWEVER...MORE SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED NEAR A COLD FRONT FROM SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY TO CARROLLTON. THE ENTIRE AREA OF RAIN IS SLOWLY SHIFTING SOUTH AND IS EXPCETED TO MOVE INTO THE HIGGINSVILLE AND MARSHALL AREAS AFTER 6 AM. $$ MOZ022>025-030>033-051130- THE CITIES OF -CARROLLTON-CHILLICOTHE-MACON-MOBERLY- 359 AM CST TUE MAR 5 1996 .NOW... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REDEVELOPED ACROSS THE REGION SINCE 3 AM. THE SHOWERS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 40 MPH AND OVER THE SAME AREAS...RESULTING IN A NARROW BAND OF HEAVIER RAINFALL. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN A HALF AND ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 245 AM FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARROLLTON TO COLOMA TO 10 MILES EAST OF SUMNER. $$ MOZ003-005>008-014>017-051130- THE CITIES OF -BETHANY-KIRKSVILLE-TRENTON- 359 AM CST TUE MAR 5 1996 .NOW... THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...LIGHTER SHOWERS AND AN OCCASIONAL CLAP OF THUNDER WILL LINGER ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. $$ JULY