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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
102 PM CST THU MAR 25 2004

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-261200-
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.
102 PM CST THU MAR 25 2004

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.


  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  ALL OF FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

  DISCUSSION:

  AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT 
  AND AS IT DOES, LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE, BRINGING A SURGE 
  OF DEEP MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. THE INCREASING LOW LEVEL WINDS 
  WILL CREATE AN AREA OF CONVERGING AIR OVER THE AREA, WHILE THE 
  UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CREATES A REGION OF DIVERGING AIR ALOFT.
  THIS COMBINATION WILL RESULT IN THE FORMATION OF A DEEP COLUMN OF  
  UPWARD MOVING AIR, AND WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE,   
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY FORM. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED,   
  HOWEVER CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS LIKELY, AND ISOLATED SPOTS   
  MAY RECEIVE IN EXCESS OF AN INCH OF RAIN. 
  
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

  A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO
  THE REGION ON SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. 

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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