[:NP :PH ON :RA 217 :DV BF 40 HR 6 SR 40]
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AROUND THE REGION DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...SKIES WERE 
CLOUDY WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SPRINKLES THAT EXTENDED
FROM THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI...THROUGH KANSAS
CITY TO SEDALIA. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WERE A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF
AN INCH OR LESS. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE LOW 60S TO AROUND 72 
DEGREES IN MARSHALL AND MOBERLY. BREEZY E. TO SE WINDS OF 
15 TO 20 MPH PREVAILED.   

RAIN CHANCES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE 
WEEK AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM PUSHES INTO THE PLAINS. THE BEST 
CHANCES FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WILL BE FRIDAY 
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...REPEATED ROUNDS 
OF RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY 
MODERATE...AND REACH SEASONAL LEVELS ON FRIDAY.