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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0622 AM CDT THU APR 09 2009

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE CNTRL
PLAINS...SRN PLAINS AND OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS SEVERE STORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
STRONG TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE CNTRL PLAINS...SRN
PLAINS...OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
SOUTHEAST KANSAS
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE SRN
PLAINS...CNTRL PLAINS...MID-MS VALLEY AND OZARK REGION

A WELL-DEVELOPED SPRING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY
WILL RESULT IN A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM
SRN KS ACROSS NE OK INTO SW MO AND NW AR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON
ALONG A WARM FRONT ORIENTED EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK
AREA AND ALONG A COLD FRONT/DRYLINE SWD ACROSS NERN OK AND NW AR.
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO RETURN NWD INTO THE REGION TODAY
AND A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS SHOULD BE PRESENT SOUTHEAST OF A
SFC LOW AND WARM FRONT BY MID-AFTERNOON.

WINDS ALOFT WILL QUICKLY INCREASE TODAY AS AN UPPER-LEVEL JET MOVES
INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. AS VERTICAL SHEAR
INCREASES...SUPERCELLS WILL BECOME AN INCREASING CONCERN DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND THE STRONGER STORMS SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES. SOME TORNADOES THAT OCCUR WITH THE MORE INTENSE AND
PERSISTENT SUPERCELLS COULD BE STRONG FIRST BEGINNING IN SRN KS AND
NERN OK EXPANDING SEWD ACROSS NW AR AND SW MO BY EARLY EVENING.

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.
ADDITIONALLY...STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING
THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.

STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS DEVELOPING
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.

..BROYLES/HART/HURLBUT.. 04/09/2009

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