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   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0101 PM CDT TUE AUG 30 2005
   
   VALID 301801Z - 310200Z
   
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND
   SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS INTO THE VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT
   TODAY AND TONIGHT.
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
   APPALACHIANS INTO THE VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT LATER
   TODAY AND TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          FAR EASTERN KENTUCKY
          WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
          FAR EASTERN TENNESSEE
          WESTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA
          SOUTHERN AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA
   
   SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN GEORGIA INTO PENNSYLVANIA.
   
   AS REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD
   THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY...ENHANCED WIND FIELDS WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH
   OF THE APPALACHIANS INTO THE PIEDMONT REGION OF THE CAROLINAS AND
   VIRGINIA. TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE GIVEN THESE FAVORABLE WIND
   FIELDS...ALL WHILE THE AIRMASS BECOMES INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE WITH
   DAYTIME HEATING. A TORNADO THREAT WILL EXIST FROM THE SOUTHERN
   APPALACHIANS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA...NORTHWARD
   INTO PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHERN AND
   EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND EVENTUALLY PORTIONS OF MARYLAND AND
   SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE QUITE
   SMALL...INDIVIDUAL CELLS WILL BE CAPABLE OF AFFECTING SEVERAL
   COUNTIES GIVEN THE FAST STORM MOTIONS.
   
   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.
   
   ..THOMPSON/GUYER.. 08/30/2005
   
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