[:NP :PH ON :RA 220 :DV BF 40 HR 6 SR 40]
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AROUND THE REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS...SKIES WERE PARTLY TO 
MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 73 DEGREES IN KIRKSVILLE... 
TO 79 DEGREES IN KANSAS CITY. WINDS WERE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 
25 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS 
FRONT WILL CAUSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP...MAINLY ALONG 
AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. SOME OF THE STORMS THIS 
AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...WILL BECOME SEVERE. LARGE 
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. ISOLATED 
TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE FRONT WILL REMAIN IN THE 
VICINITY THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH THAT TIME. THE FRONT WILL MOVE 
AWAY BY THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH HIGH PRESSURE THEN BUILDING INTO THE 
REGION. DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH 
SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR THE SEASONAL NORMALS THROUGH 
WEDNESDAY....AND THEN COOL TO A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL...THURSDAY 
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
