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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0727 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE CAROLINAS AND
VIRGINIA TODAY THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE
CAROLINAS AND VIRGINIA TODAY THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN VIRGINIA

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THE ERN GULF COAST
REGION TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST

A BAND OF VERY STRONG JET STREAM WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH DISTURBANCE
NOW OVER ILLINOIS WILL SWEEP EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS LATER TODAY AND OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST
TONIGHT AS THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW INTENSIFIES OVER THE LOWER
GREAT LAKES.

THE COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTHWEST FROM THE LOW WILL ACCELERATE EAST
ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS LATER TODAY...SERVING AS A FOCUS FOR
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNUSUALLY WARM AND INCREASINGLY
HUMID AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT FROM ALABAMA AND GEORGIA TO THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY REGION. OTHER STORMS MAY FORM EAST OF THE FRONT AS
DAYTIME HEATING FURTHER ENHANCES INSTABILITY.

THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING WARMTH AND MOISTURE BENEATH
STRENGTHENING WINDS IN THE LOW TO MID TROPOSPHERE WILL BE FAVORABLE
FOR BANDS AND CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE SWATHS OF
DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLY A FEW TORNADOES. THIS THREAT SHOULD BE
GREATEST DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON FROM PARTS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA NORTHWARD INTO VIRGINA...BUT MORE ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS
COULD OCCUR FROM PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI... ALABAMA...NORTH
FLORIDA...AND GEORGIA TO PARTS OF MARYLAND AND DELAWARE.

THE STORMS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED SEVERE THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH EARLY
TONIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES OFF THE MID AND SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST.

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.

..CORFIDI.. 02/24/2012

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