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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1141 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

ARKANSAS
SOUTHEAST KANSAS
SOUTHERN MISSOURI
EASTERN OKLAHOMA

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF NE
TX...LOWER MS VALLEY AND WRN PARTS OF THE TN VALLEY

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 STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY BY LATE AFTERNOON
ALONG A WARM FRONT ORIENTED EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK
AREA AND SWD ALONG A DRYLINE 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.

STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR ALREADY IN PLACE MAY INCREASE FURTHER AS THE
UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES. SUPERCELLS WILL BECOME AN INCREASING
CONCERN DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND THE STRONGER STORMS SHOULD BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. SOME
TORNADOES THAT OCCUR WITH THE MORE INTENSE AND PERSISTENT SUPERCELLS
COULD BE STRONG...FIRST BEGINNING IN SRN KS AND NERN OK EXPANDING
EWD 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.

..HALES/SMITH/DIAL.. 04/09/2009

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