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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0425 AM CDT FRI MAY 04 2007

...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 A FEW STRONG TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO
WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA
NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE

SURROUNDING THIS AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHWEST TEXAS NORTHWARD INTO PARTS OF SOUTH
DAKOTA.

A POWERFUL UPPER TROUGH IS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING OVER THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES AND PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION. THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO
MOVE EASTWARD AND BEGIN AFFECTING THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS BY
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ALOFT WILL SPREAD
ACROSS THE ROCKIES TODAY...WHILE A SURFACE LOW DEEPENS OVER
SOUTHEAST COLORADO. INCREASINGLY STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY LOW
LEVEL WINDS ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS WILL TRANSPORT RICH GULF MOISTURE
NORTHWARD...WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S EXPECTED AS FAR
NORTH AS WESTERN KANSAS. STRONG DAYTIME HEATING AND RATHER COOL
TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL RESULT IN AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS
FROM PARTS OF NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE EASTERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN
COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS BY LATE AFTERNOON...SPREADING
NORTHEASTWARD INTO PARTS OF NEBRASKA DURING THE EVENING. OTHER MORE
ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE OVER
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. ALL STORMS IN
THIS REGION ARE LIKELY TO BECOME SUPERCELLS...WITH A RISK OF VERY
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. SIGNIFICANT VEERING
AND INCREASING WINDS WITH HEIGHT INDICATE THE RISK OF A FEW STRONG
TORNADOES.

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.. 05/04/2007

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