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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
349 PM CST TUE DEC 24 2002

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066>068-070-071-077>083-088>098-101>106-242248-
BARRY-BARTON-BOURBON-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD-DADE-DALLAS-
DENT-DOUGLAS-GREENE-HICKORY-HOWELL-JASPER-LACLEDE-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-
NEWTON-OREGON-OZARK-PHELPS-POLK-PULASKI-SHANNON-ST. CLAIR-STONE-
TANEY-TEXAS-VERNON-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...LEBANON...
MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OZARK...PITTSBURG...
ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON AND WEST PLAINS.
349 PM CST TUE DEC 24 2002

...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE OZARKS REGION WILL PUSH 
EAST TONIGHT...ALLOWING SNOW TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING 
THE EVENING HOURS. AS THE SYSTEM EXITS...THERE MAY BE A FEW 
LINGERING BANDS OF MODERATE SNOW EAST OF HIGHWAY 71. ADDITIONAL 
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE 
FROM OSAGE BEACH TO HOUSTON. THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND 
SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL SEE LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.

ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION 
OF SNOW AND ICE ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL CONTINUE 
TO MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED 
TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT...CAUSING ANY LIQUID ON 
ROADWAYS TO REFREEZE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS 
NECESSARY.

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MOZ055>058-069-242249-
BENTON-CAMDEN-MARIES-MILLER-MORGAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDENTON AND OSAGE BEACH.
349 PM CST TUE DEC 24 2002

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED...

AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE OZARKS REGION WILL PUSH 
EAST TONIGHT...ALLOWING SNOW TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING 
THE EVENING HOURS. AS THE SYSTEM EXITS...THERE MAY BE A FEW 
LINGERING BANDS OF MODERATE SNOW. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM OSAGE BEACH TO 
HOUSTON. THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI WILL SEE 
LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.

ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION 
OF SNOW AND ICE ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL CONTINUE 
TO MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED 
TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT...CAUSING ANY LIQUID ON 
ROADWAYS TO REFREEZE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS 
NECESSARY.

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SAW/BROWNING