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FLUS43 KLSX 231719 AAA
HWOLSX

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1120 AM CST MON DEC 23 2002

THIS OUTLOOK COVERS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND 
PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FOR TONIGHT.  A COLD RAIN WILL DEVELOP 
OVER THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AND TURN INTO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT.  

FURTHER NORTH...FROM EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO SOUTHWEST 
ILLINOIS...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND 
TUESDAY.  THIS WATCH DOES INCLUDE THE ST. LOUIS METRO AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY 
THE MAJOR WINTER STORM THAT MOVES INTO THE AREA TONIGHT WILL 
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY.  BY THE TIME THE STORM WINDS DOWN LATE 
TUESDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM 
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF ILLINOIS.  
ACCUMULATIONS WILL TAPER OFF AS YOU HEAD NORTH...AN ACCUMULATIONS 
WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH ALONG A MEXICO...BOWLING GREEN... 
PITTSFIELD LINE.  

PERSONS TRAVELING OR PLANNING OTHER ACTIVITIES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY 
SHOULD KEEP TUNED FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES ON THIS 
WINTER STORM SYSTEM.  FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER 
STORM...SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...STLWSWSTL (WWUS43 
KSTL).

AFTER TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE.

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TRUETT