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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0751 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
TO SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TODAY THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...ONE OR TWO POSSIBLY STRONG...AND DAMAGING
WIND OVER PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TO SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
TODAY THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

NORTHERN ALABAMA
NORTHERN GEORGIA
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
MUCH OF TENNESSEE

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE MID OHIO VALLEY AND EASTERN CAROLINAS

A BAND OF VERY FAST LOW TO MID TROPOSPHERIC WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER
THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS TODAY...IN THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF
AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM CENTERED OVER IOWA.

VERY WARM AND UNSEASONABLY HUMID AIR WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM RAPIDLY
NORTHEASTWARD AT LOWER LEVELS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...AHEAD OF
AN EASTWARD-MOVING COLD FRONT AND DISTURBANCE ATTENDANT TO THE IOWA
LOW.

AS DAYTIME HEATING OCCURS TODAY...AND AS A SECONDARY DISTURBANCE
ROTATING AROUND THE IOWA LOW APPROACHES THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
REGION...THUNDERSTORMS REMAINING FROM THE OVERNIGHT SEVERE WEATHER
OUTBREAK IN MISSOURI...ARKANSAS...AND ILLINOIS MAY INTENSIFY OVER
PARTS OF KENTUCKY AND WEST TENNESSEE. A BIT LATER IN THE
DAY...OTHER STORMS MAY DEVELOP SOUTHWARD ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT INTO NORTHERN PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA.

THE COMBINATION OF UNUSUALLY WARM AND HUMID AIR WITH VERY STRONG
WINDS MAY FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW LONG-LIVED ROTATING
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF TORNADOES...ONE OR TWO OF WHICH COULD BE
STRONG...AND SWATHS OF DAMAGING WIND.

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.. 02/29/2012

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