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   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0501 AM CDT MON JUN 05 2006
   
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
   LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
   OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          EASTERN KANSAS
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA
   
   SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND THE EASTERN DAKOTAS
   SOUTH INTO MISSOURI...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.
   
   A STRONG JET STREAM DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE FROM MONTANA AND SRN
   SASKATCHEWAN THIS MORNING INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA BY EARLY TUESDAY. 
   AT THE SAME TIME...AN ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
   NORTHERN HALF OF THE PLAINS...WITH THE COLD FRONT LIKELY TO EXTEND
   FROM WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR TO CENTRAL KANSAS BY DAWN TUESDAY.
   
   A FLOW OF INCREASINGLY WARM AND HUMID AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL
   SYSTEM...IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS AND ASCENT
   ASSOCIATED WITH THE JET STREAM DISTURBANCE...WILL CREATE AN
   ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY THROUGH
   TONIGHT.  THESE STORMS MAY EVOLVE INTO ONE OR MORE LARGE CLUSTERS
   THAT PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL...HIGH WIND...AND POSSIBLY A FEW
   TORNADOES.
   
   WHILE THE MOST CONCENTRATED ACTIVITY IS FORECAST TO OCCUR OVER
   NEBRASKA AND KANSAS...SEVERE STORMS MAY ALSO AFFECT EASTERN PARTS OF
   THE DAKOTAS...AND PARTS OF MINNESOTA...IOWA AND MISSOURI.
   
   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.
   
   ..CORFIDI.. 06/05/2006
   
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