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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0447 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
INTO THE OZARKS AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 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 SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE OZARKS AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS
SOUTHERN MISSOURI
SOUTHERN...CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA
FAR NORTH TEXAS
ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM...THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION TO CENTRAL TEXAS
ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE STORMS IS FORECAST AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES
FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY AND INTO
THE OZARKS AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT. THE AREA OF
GREATEST RISK APPEARS TO EXTEND FROM FAR NORTH TEXAS INTO CENTRAL
AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA...FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND
SOUTHERN MISSOURI. A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME QUITE
UNSTABLE AGAIN TODAY. THIS COMBINED WITH STRONG FAVORABLE WINDS
ALOFT WILL RESULT IN A RISK OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES...VERY LARGE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN THE MOST INTENSE STORMS.
STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS DEVELOPING
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.
..PETERS.. 05/20/2013
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