Sunday, May 22, 2011

DAY1SVR: Public Severe Weather Outlook (Automatic)

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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1126 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE MID AND UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE OZARK PLATEAU THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL OVER PARTS
OF THE MID AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
EASTERN IOWA
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS
SOUTHEAST KANSAS
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST MISSOURI
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
THROUGH THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.

A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL TRACK
SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH
TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE...AN INCREASINGLY WARM AND HUMID AIR
MASS WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY
TOWARDS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SHIFT EAST ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY...THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY AND THE OZARK PLATEAU. THIS FRONT
WILL SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH TONIGHT. THE GREATEST SEVERE THREAT SHOULD EXIST DURING THE
MID TO LATE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING OVER PARTS OF THE MID AND
UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE OZARK PLATEAU.

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.

..GRAMS.. 05/22/2011

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