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Public Severe Weather Outlook
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   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0721 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005
   
   VALID 121221Z - 122015Z
   
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
   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 LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          WESTERN OKLAHOMA
          NORTHWEST TEXAS INCLUDING THE PANHANDLE
   
   SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS NORTHWARD ACROSS
   THE CENTRAL PLAINS
   
   A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND
   SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE HIGH PLAINS TODAY. 
   SURFACE LOW OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL DEVELOP NORTHEASTWARD INTO
   NEBRASKA BY TONIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT AND DRY LINE SHIFTING EASTWARD
   ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON.
   
   THE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE OVER THE SOUTHERN
   PLAINS WILL PROVIDE FUEL FOR AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
   ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA
   THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
   
   THE COMBINATION OF VERY UNSTABLE AIR AND FAVORABLY SHEARED WIND
   PROFILES ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING UPPER SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE
   INGREDIENTS FOR SUPERCELLS ACROSS MUCH OF THE MODERATE RISK AREA. 
   IN ADDITION TO VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES ARE
   LIKELY WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A
   STRONG TORNADO BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
   
   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.
   
   ..HALES.. 06/12/2005
   
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