Expires:200910291215;Remove:200910291215;360900 FPUS73 KEAX 291015 NOWEAX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 515 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009 KSZ057-060-MOZ053-291215- MIAMI-LINN KS-BATES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...BUTLER...RICH HILL 515 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009 .NOW... A CONCENTRATED AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AT TIMES WILL AFFECT THE MOUND CITY...BUTLER...PAOLA... AND SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH 630 AM. SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS AS THEY ZIP NORTH NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 55 MPH. MOST AREAS WILL PICK UP BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH OF RAIN WITH THIS FIRST BATCH OF STORMS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FOLLOW THIS INITIAL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS BUT THEY WILL BE MORE SCATTERED IN COVERAGE. $$