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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1021 AM CST TUE MAR 04 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST US THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS
OVER THE CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

EASTERN GEORGIA
NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA

SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST US.

A POWERFUL UPPER TROUGH WILL ROTATE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES
TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT SWEEPING THROUGH THE
CAROLINAS. STRONG SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE
TRANSPORTING A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS NORTHWARD INTO THE
CAROLINAS AND EASTERN GA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND RACE
EASTWARD ACROSS THE THREAT AREA. IMPRESSIVE LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS
WILL POSE A RISK OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES OVER THE REGION.
ALSO...STORMS WILL LIKELY ORGANIZE INTO A FAST-MOVING SQUALL LINE
AFTER DARK. WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AS
LINE SWEEPS ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND OFFSHORE.

THOSE IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER
SAFETY RULES AND TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS LATER TODAY.

..HART.. 03/04/2008

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