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WOUS40 KWNS 041715
DEZ000-KSZ000-MDZ000-NEZ000-VAZ000-WVZ000-050115-
PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1215 PM CDT WED JUN 04 2008
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
AND MID ATLANTIC REGION THIS AFTERNOON 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 CENTRAL PLAINS AND MID ATLANTIC REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
DELAWARE
NORTHERN KANSAS
MARYLAND
SOUTHERN NEBRASKA
VIRGINIA
EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA
ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM...THE CENTRAL
PLAINS THROUGH THE MID MS VALLEY...OH VALLEY AND MID ATLANTIC
...ERN WV THROUGH VA...MD AND DEL...
THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE IN ADVANCE OF ONGOING LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS WV WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY
ALREADY IN PLACE OVER VA. VERTICAL WIND PROFILES ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THIS LINE OF STORMS TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING EAST INTO THE AXIS OF
STRONGER INSTABILITY. THE LINE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ORGANIZED WITH
A ROTATING COMMA HEAD ON ITS NRN END AS IT CONTINUES EWD THROUGH THE
MID ATLANTIC. STEEP LOW LEVEL AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ALONG WITH
MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT A THREAT FOR CORRIDORS OF
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND. OTHER MORE DISCRETE STORMS MAY ALSO
DEVELOP ALONG TRAILING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AS WELL AS AHEAD OF THE
LINE...AND THIS ACTIVITY WILL POSE A THREAT FOR LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
...NRN KS THROUGH SRN AND CNTRL NEB...
A WARM FRONT EXTENDS NORTHEAST THROUGH NE KS FROM A SURFACE LOW IN S
CNTRL KS. RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...STRONG SURFACE HEATING AND STEEP
LAPSE RATES ARE CONTRIBUTING TO STRONG INSTABILITY IN THE VICINITY
OF THIS BOUNDARY FROM NRN KS INTO SRN NEB. HOWEVER...THE ATMOSPHERE
IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN CAPPED IN THIS REGION UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON OR
EARLY EVENING WHEN AN INTENSIFYING SLY LOW LEVEL JET WILL INCREASE
CONVERGENCE ALONG THE RETREATING FRONT AND RESULT IN THUNDERSTORM
INITIATION. STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS
WITH A THREAT OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES...A FEW OF WHICH
COULD BE STRONG. OTHER STORMS MAY DEVELOP FARTHER WEST OVER THE HIGH
PLAINS AND SPREAD EAST THROUGH NEB DURING THE EVENING. THE PRIMARY
THREAT WILL LIKELY TRANSITION TO DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL AS THE
EVENING PROGRESSES.
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.
..DIAL.. 06/04/2008
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