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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 132 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CDT SUN JUL 05 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE AREA EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS SHOULD STAY BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...BUT THE
STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES...AS
WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
HOWEVER...AS WE HEAD INTO THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NORTHWEST OF THE REGION AND
MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS DURING
THIS TIME MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE
HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS...IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING. A BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE HIGHEST
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER NOW APPEARS TO BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI...WEST KENTUCKY AND FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WHERE THE
INSTABILITY WILL BE MAXIMIZED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
LATE NEXT WEEK...HUMIDITY LEVELS MAY INCREASE ENOUGH TO BRING HEAT
INDICES AT OR ABOVE 100 TO THE AREA.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WEST KENTUCKY AND
FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 335 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009
Expiration: 330 PM CDT SAT JUL 04 2009
...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY INTO EARLY
TONIGHT...
OUTDOOR HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES COULD BE IMPACTED TODAY AND EARLY
TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.
THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF BRIEF TORNADOES AS WELL.
THOSE WITH OUTDOOR HOLIDAY PLANS TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOULD
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...INTERNET OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR
THE LATEST UPDATES.
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