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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0732 AM CST MON MAR 03 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY AND THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS
OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND CENTRAL GULF COAST
REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

MUCH OF ALABAMA
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LOUISIANA
MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI

SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM PARTS OF EAST TEXAS INTO
TENNESSEE...SOUTHERN KENTUCKY AND GEORGIA

A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL LOW...LOCATED OVER WEST TEXAS THIS MORNING
...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM
WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT EAST ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALLEY AND THE
CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION LATER TODAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY.

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE ALREADY PRESENT ALONG THE FRONT OVER
EAST TEXAS. THESE SHOULD CONTINUE EAST INTO LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN
ARKANSAS LATER TODAY AND STRENGTHEN AS A MID LEVEL JET MAX...WITH
WIND SPEEDS OVER 100 MPH...BEGINS TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THE JET
MAX SHOULD CONTINUE EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES TONIGHT AND EARLY
TUESDAY. COUPLED WITH INCREASING LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE...THE SETUP
WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR BANDS OF FAST-MOVING...LONG-LIVED STORMS
AND SUPERCELLS ALONG...AND POSSIBLY AHEAD...OF THE FRONT. THE
STORMS COULD YIELD A FEW STRONG TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO SWATHS OF
DAMAGING WIND....ESPECIALLY LATE TODAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY.

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.

..CORFIDI.. 03/03/2008

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