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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0431 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
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 CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

WESTERN KANSAS
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA
FAR NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM FAR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO/SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING AND MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NEBRASKA SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA/THE FAR EASTERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE.

AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER
THE GREAT BASIN TODAY...WHICH WILL INCREASE WINDS ALOFT OVER THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. A VERY WARM AND HUMID SURFACE AIR
MASS IS ALREADY OVERSPREADING MUCH OF OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS
MORNING...AND THIS MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE NORTHWARD INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS
EAST OF A SURFACE DRY LINE WHICH WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED NORTH TO
SOUTH ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. CONDITIONS APPEAR RIPE FOR VERY
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON OVER THIS REGION...WITH WIND
CHANGES WITH HEIGHT FAVORING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELLS AND
TORNADOES INTO THE EARLY EVENING. VERY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED
DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE MORE INTENSE
STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...WITH CONTINUED THREAT OF LARGE HAIL.

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.

..EVANS.. 05/22/2008

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