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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1150 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

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 OVER THE INTERIOR PORTIONS
OF THE WESTERN U.S. 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
SOUTHERN ROCKIES TODAY...WHILE A SURFACE LOW DEEPENS VICINITY OF THE
SOUTHEAST COLORADO/SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS AREA. 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.

..HALES.. 05/04/2007

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