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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
920 AM CDT SAT APR 27 2002

A LARGE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE 
REGION OVERNIGHT.  THE FIRST WAVE OF STORMS PRODUCED PENNY SIZE HAIL 
IN BOURBON AND VERNON COUNTIES.  THE STORMS WHICH FOLLOWED WERE LESS 
INTENSE WITH LITTLE HAIL BUT SOME MODERATE RAINFALL.  RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THIS MORNING 
INCLUDED...1 INCH OF RAIN IN RICHARDS...AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF AN 
INCH IN EDWARDS...CLIMAX SPRINGS AND BUFFALO.

DESPITE GUSTY 20 TO 30 MPH SOUTHEAST WINDS AND CLOUD 
COVER...TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT SLIPPED INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 40S 
IN MOST LOCATIONS.  

THE RAINFALL OVER THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO 
DIMINISH AND DEPART OFF TO THE EAST.  LATER TODAY...A POTENT STORM 
SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS...BRINGING STRONG TO SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE LOWER TO 
MIDDLE 70S.

THOSE VISITING AREA LAKES AND SCENIC RIVERWAYS CAN EXPECT SOUTH 
WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...AND EVEN 
STRONGER WINDS WITH THE STORMS WHICH DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.

MORE TRANQUIL WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE REGION BY SUNDAY...AS HIGH 
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION.

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