TOPSFIELD 722 AM EDT THU MAR 22 2007 FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING HAS DEPOSITED A THIN COATING OF ICE ON AREA ROADS AND WALKWAYS.

WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING EARLY TODAY AND TEMPERATURES
ABOVE FREEZING ALOFT.

BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LANSING. THE COMBINATION OF
HEAVY RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT ACROSS THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. EXPECT LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING BEFORE IT CHANGES TO RAIN
OVER MOST AREAS BY NOONTIME.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE UPDATED FORECASTS.

SURFACE HEATING WILL HELP LEAD TO A COUPLE OF ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY WITH POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
THROUGH TONIGHT. PARSONS 401 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007 . MUNCIE 737 AM EDT
THU MAR 22 2007 .

SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE AND WESTERN CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 745 AM CDT. STREAMS
AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. CONCORDIA 703 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007 .

MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OHIO RIVER AT MOUNT VERNON AFFECTING POSEY.

HAIL TO NEAR DIME SIZE AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. OHIO RIVER AT
NEWBURGH DAM AFFECTING SPENCER. THE TAIL END OF A COMPLEX OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRAZE AREAS NORTH OF A HILLSDALE LAKE TO PLEASANT
HILL LINE WITH SOME LIGHT SHOWERS.

EXPECT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING BEFORE IT
CHANGES TO RAIN OVER MOST AREAS BY NOONTIME.

THESE SURFACES ARE EXTREMELY SLIPPERY.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN
INDIANA AND FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH.

A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS TO 50 MPH. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT. WARRENSBURG 703 AM
CDT THU MAR 22 2007 . A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE LEADING
EDGE FROM AROUND FLORA TO CLINTON WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH EAST AROUND 50
MPH ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THIS MORNING.

CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME
SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS FROM MONTICELLO TO
ROCHESTER TO GOSHEN TO THREE RIVERS INCLUDING NEARBY AREAS. WIND GUSTS
TO 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS AREA OF STORMS. THE
RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. LOW WATER
CROSSINGS WILL BECOME INUNDATED AND IMPASSIBLE. MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH. KANSAS CITY MISSOURI. THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 190 AND 206.

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE MAIN AREA OF PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE
EARLY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY REMAIN OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WILL BE
SCATTERED IN NATURE. LAFAYETTE 737 AM EDT THU MAR 22 2007 . THE WATER
MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE.