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   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1203 PM CDT MON APR 03 2006
   
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS INTO
   SOUTHERN VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
   WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS INTO SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
   THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          NORTHEAST GEORGIA
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA
          SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA
   
   SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES INTO THE UPPER
   OHIO VALLEY AND MID ATLANTIC REGION
   
   A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ARE
   MOVING EASTWARD FROM THE GREAT LAKES AND TENNESSEE VALLEY TOWARD THE
   MID-ATLANTIC REGION AND CAROLINAS.  AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...A
   SEASONABLY WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS IS BECOMING ESTABLISHED ACROSS
   THE REGION WITH HIGH INSTABILITY VALUES.
   
   A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
   EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.  ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
   TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING
   TOWARD THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AS A VERY STRONG UPPER
   LEVEL JET STREAM MOVES TOWARD THE REGION.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL THEN
   TRANSLATE EASTWARD ACROSS PARTS OF GEORGIA...THE CAROLINAS...AND
   VIRGINIA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
   
   VERY STRONG WIND FIELDS THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE SUGGEST THAT THE
   STORMS WILL BECOME ORGANIZED INTO LINES.  SUPERCELLS WILL BE
   POSSIBLE WITHIN AND IN ADVANCE OF THE LINES DURING THE AFTERNOON.  A
   FEW TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS CAN BE
   EXPECTED.
   
   ACTIVITY SHOULD PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE MOVING
   OFFSHORE INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
   
   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.
   
   ..WEISS.. 04/03/2006
   
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