913 
FPUS73 KSGF 081006
NOWSGF

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
406 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-081215-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN...
CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...
MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...
NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...
PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...
BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
406 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012

.NOW...
PERIODS OF SHOWERS ALONG WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. ALSO SMALL HAIL MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW
STORMS THROUGH 6AM THIS MORNING. 

A COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY PUSHING INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI EARLY THIS
MORNING. WINDS WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE
FRONT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE RIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT.
BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN THEN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING HOURS TODAY. THE COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS BY DAY
BREAK.

PERIODS OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN OCCUR
THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS TODAY. THE RAIN SHOULD THEN BEGIN TO
TAPPER OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON HOURS.

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WFO SGF