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   WOUS40 KWNS 301635
   ILZ000-INZ000-MOZ000-310030-
   
   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1135 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
   
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE MIDWESTERN STATES
   LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS
   OF THE MIDWESTERN STATES LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          CENTRAL ILLINOIS
          WESTERN INDIANA
          EASTERN MISSOURI
   
   SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES
   REGION TO THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PLAINS.
   
   COOL AIR FROM CLOUDS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL REINFORCE A
   FRONT ACROSS THE CORN BELT AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGIONS. 
   ALONG AND NEAR THAT FRONT...THE SPC EXPECTS MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO
   FORM DURING THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON...WHEN THE AIR MASS WILL BE
   THE MOST UNSTABLE AND INCREASINGLY MOIST.  WIND SHEAR WILL BE
   FAVORABLE FOR AFTERNOON STORMS TO ROTATE...WITH A RISK FOR TORNADOES
   ALONG WITH SEVERE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS.  THESE STORMS
   MAY FORM INTO A LARGE CLUSTER OR TWO THIS EVENING AS THEY MOVE
   EASTWARD...AND ALSO MAY DEVELOP FARTHER SOUTHWEST ACROSS PARTS OF
   CENTRAL/WESTERN MISSOURI AND KANSAS.
   
   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.
   
   ..EVANS.. 05/30/2008
   
   $$        
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