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   ALZ000-GAZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-230100-
   
   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1202 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005
   
   VALID 221702Z - 230100Z
   
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY INTO
   THE SOUTHEAST / GULF COAST REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT.
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH ISOLATED
   TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHEAST / GULF
   COAST REGION LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          MUCH OF ALABAMA
          WESTERN GEORGIA
          SOUTHERN INDIANA
          MUCH OF KENTUCKY
          SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
          MIDDLE TENNESSEE
   
   SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE OHIO VALLEY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST INTO
   THE ATLANTIC COAST STATES...AND WESTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS
   
   STRONG / SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND
   SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AT THIS TIME...WITH NEW STORM DEVELOPMENT
   FORECAST TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF COLD FRONT FROM PARTS OF
   SOUTHERN ILLINOIS / SOUTHERN INDIANA SOUTHWARD TO THE GULF
   COAST...AND AS FAR WEST AS CENTRAL / SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
   
   AIRMASS CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE ACROSS THIS REGION...WHILE LOWER-
   TO MIDDLE-TROPOSPHERIC FLOW INCREASES WITH TIME SOUTH OF DEEPENING
   CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. TROUGH.  DEGREE OF INSTABILITY AND SHEAR
   WILL SUPPORT ORGANIZED / SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WITH ATTENDANT
   THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A COUPLE OF
   TORNADOES.  THREAT SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND INTO THE
   OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST...WITH A LESSER SEVERE THREAT
   EXPANDING EWD TO THE ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD.
   
   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.
   
   ..GOSS.. 04/22/2005
   
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