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HWOLSX

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
613 AM CDT WED AUG 15 2007

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613 AM CDT WED AUG 15 2007

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

DANGEROUS HEAT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. AFTERNOON HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN EXCESS OF 100 DEGREES ACROSS MOST OF THE
AREA AND HEAT INDEX READINGS IN THE 105 TO 110 RANGE CAN BE
EXPECTED. FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
PRODUCT.

THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR TONIGHT. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERE.

VERY HOT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH DRY VEGETATION AND
AN INCREASING SOUTHWEST WIND WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER
TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE COLD FRONT WHICH HAS BEEN EXPECTED
TO MOVE INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY MAY BE WEAKER AND SLOWER THAN
EXPECTED. HEAT INDEX READINGS MAY BE AROUND 105 AGAIN ON
THURSDAY...THEREFORE THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MAY BE EXTENDED.

THE CHANCE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE CHANCE FOR STORMS
WILL RETURN ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1

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CARNEY