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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
600 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-151800-
BARRY-BARTON-BENTON-BOURBON-CAMDEN-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD-
DADE-DALLAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-GREENE-HICKORY-HOWELL-JASPER-LACLEDE-
LAWRENCE-MARIES-MCDONALD-MILLER-MORGAN-NEWTON-OREGON-OZARK-PHELPS-
POLK-PULASKI-SHANNON-ST. CLAIR-STONE-TANEY-TEXAS-VERNON-WEBSTER-
WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...CAMDENTON...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...LEBANON...
MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...OZARK...
PITTSBURG...ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON AND WEST PLAINS.
600 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.


  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN
COUNTIES ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI STATE LINE WITH WIND GUSTS OF
50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. 

THIS AFTERNOON...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND WINDS GUSTS OF 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE. 

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

THIS MORNING AFTER 8 AM...STORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS KANSAS WILL
AFFECT AREAS ALONG THE WESTERN MISSOURI STATE LINE...MAINLY NORTH OF
JOPLIN. OTHER ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK
AREA. 

  DISCUSSION:

A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS
MORNING IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO THE OUTLOOK
AREA. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS COMPLEX
MAY AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP IN AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS DURING
THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND THE STORMS MAY BECOME FOCUSED
ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARIES FROM THIS MORNINGS STORMS.  

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A WEAK FRONT
MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES
MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. 

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

BECAUSE OF THE ISOLATED AND BRIEF NATURE OF THE SEVERE
THREAT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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DSA