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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0300 AM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

...REGIONAL OUTBREAK OF 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 WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW
STRONG TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

WESTERN IOWA
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
EASTERN NEBRASKA
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM...THE OKLAHOMA AND
TEXAS PANHANDLES TO CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

A STRONG UPPER TROUGH IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF
UTAH/ARIZONA...AND WILL TRACK INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...STRONG SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS
ARE DRAWING A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS NORTHWARD INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND RAPIDLY
BECOME SEVERE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA BY MID/LATE AFTERNOON.
THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE EVENING AS THUNDERSTORMS SPREAD
INTO PARTS OF WESTERN IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE COMBINATION
OF A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND STRONG VEERING/INCREASING WINDS WITH
HEIGHT INDICATE A RISK OF STRONG TORNADOES OVER THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THIS IS POTENTIALLY A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 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.. 05/29/2008

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