Snow, thunderstorms headed our way Thursday

(From the National Weather Service)

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
557 AM CDT WED MAR 20 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

  NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

  CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO INCREASE THAT PORTIONS OF THE
  MISSOURI OZARKS WILL RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL FROM
  THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS
  THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FROM WEST CENTRAL
  MISSOURI...SOUTHEAST TOWARDS SPRINGFIELD AND INTO THE WEST
  PLAINS AREA WHERE 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED
  HIGHER AMOUNTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN
  EFFECT FOR THIS REGION FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. LIGHTER
  SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND
  UP ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT
  ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

  ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY BRING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SNOWFALL TO
  PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE THIS WEEKEND. CONFIDENCE IN
  SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS SYSTEM REMAINS LOW AT THIS TIME.

  THE COMBINATION OF RAINFALL AND MELTING SNOW WILL LIKELY LEAD
  TO RISING CREEKS AND RIVERS FROM LATE THIS WEEK INTO THIS
  WEEKEND. THIS MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF SOME LOW WATER
  CROSSINGS.