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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1152 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2008
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS
OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN TEXAS
SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MISSOURI
VALLEY.
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS
NORTHERN MEXICO AND THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES TODAY. AS THIS SYSTEM
APPROACHES THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT...THE LIKLIHOOD OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL STEADILY INCREASE
ACROSS TEXAS. IN VICINITY OF A SURFACE DRYLINE AND COLD
FRONT...INITIAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE
PLACE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING NEAR THE BIG BEND REGION AND
TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...INCLUDING AREAS NEAR
AND WEST OF THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX. WITH INCREASINGLY
STRONG JET STREAM WINDS AND A MOISTURE-RICH AIRMASS IN
PLACE...SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY...WITH A RISK OF LARGE
HAIL AND TORNADOES...A FEW OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG. THE STORMS ARE
LIKELY TO EVOLVE INTO ONE OR MORE SQUALL LINES LATE TONIGHT...WITH
THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IMPACTING MUCH OF THE INTERSTATE 35
CORRIDOR IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
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.
..GUYER/HALES.. 03/17/2008
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