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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
855 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003

...AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION 
FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI 
AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FROM MONROE COUNTY THROUGH RALLS...SOUTH TO 
MONTGOMERY AND GASCONADE AND WEST INCLUDING ALL COLUMBIA METRO 
AREA.  FOR THE REST OF THE THE AREA WE WILL BE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK 
OF SEREVE THUNDERSTORM. 

WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY PARAMETERS SUGGEST THAT THESE STORMS ARE 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED TORNADOES...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF 
BASEBALLS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY 
HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE 
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS OVER THE 
REGION.  THE GREATEST LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR LATE 
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE 
MIDWEST.

AFTER A REST ON SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 
IS IN STORE FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
 
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE APPRECIATED FOR LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON AND THROUGH TONIGHT.

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MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT...
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/LSX (ALL LOWER CASE)

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