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Public Severe Weather Outlook
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   WOUS40 KWNS 041112
   IAZ000-KSZ000-MOZ000-NEZ000-041915-
   
   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0612 AM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
   
   VALID 041112Z - 041915Z
   
   ...OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE
   CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH A FEW
   STRONG TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATER TODAY AND
   TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          SOUTHWEST IOWA
          EASTERN KANSAS
          WESTERN MISSOURI
          SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
   
   SURROUNDING THE HIGH RISK AREA...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE
   THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
   
   A VERY WARM/MOIST AIRMASS IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
   ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND EASTERN KANSAS...AHEAD OF AN
   APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE.  STRENGTHENING WIND FIELDS
   ALOFT AND DEGREE OF INSTABILITY ARE EXPECTED TO LEAD TO EXPLOSIVE
   THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BY LATE AFTERNOON IN THESE REGIONS.  STORMS
   ARE LIKELY TO BE SUPERCELLS...CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND
   TORNADOES.  ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO WESTERN IOWA AND
   WESTERN MISSOURI DURING THE EVENING.
   
   OTHER...MORE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ARE EXPECTED FROM
   SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ALL THE WAY SOUTHWARD INTO PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND
   TEXAS. DAMAGING HAIL AND SEVERE WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN
   THREATS WITH THESE STORMS.
   
   THIS IS POTENTIALLY A VERY DANGEROUS 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.
   
   ..HART.. 06/04/2005
   
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