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AWUS43 KSGF 120157
AWSSGF

AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
900 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002

MORNING CLOUDS GAVE WAY TO SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON...AND 
TEMPERATURES RESPONDED BY TOPPING OUT IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S 
IN MOST SPOTS. SOUTHERLY WINDS DREW MORE HUMID AIR NORTHWARD INTO 
THE AREA...AND THE WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS PERSISTED INTO THE 
EARLY EVENING.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE REGION LATER 
TONIGHT...AS A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER KANSAS MOVES INTO 
CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL BE 
POSSIBLE...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO POSSIBLE. 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND 
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OZARKS AND 
SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THERE WILL BE A BETTER CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER 
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44...WITH HEAVY 
RAINFALL CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE LEFT THE SOIL 
SATURATED...AND THE HEAVY RAINS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WILL 
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY. FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN 
EFFECT FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND RESIDENTS 
SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PREPARE FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF FLOODING.

DRY WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH SEASONABLE 
TEMPERATURES.

BROWNING