219 FLUS43 KSGF 071909 AAA HWOSGF HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 109 PM CST THU FEB 7 2013 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-081915- BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- 109 PM CST THU FEB 7 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. DISCUSSION... A LARGE BAND OF RAIN AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE MAIN HAZARD FROM THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. BRISK AND GUSTY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM PUSHES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT INSTABILITY WILL BE TOO LIMITED TO SUPPORT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN HAZARD IS THEREFORE EXPECTED TO BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) $$ WFO SGF