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   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1143 AM CDT SUN MAY 03 2009
   
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE EASTERN GULF
   STATES THIS AFTERNOON...
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE EASTERN GULF STATES
   THIS AFTERNOON.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA
          WESTERN AND NORTHERN GEORGIA
          PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
   
   ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM...CENTRAL GULF
   COASTAL AREAS INTO THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
   ...THROUGH THE SOUTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST.
   
   SEASONABLY STRONG WEST SOUTHWESTERLY ATMOSPHERIC WIND FIELDS WILL
   AID THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF A SEVERE SQUALL LINE...ON THE
   LEADING EDGE OF A LARGER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...ACROSS THE
   EASTERN GULF STATES THIS AFTERNOON.  INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH
   DAYTIME HEATING OF A HUMID AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THE
   INTENSITY OF STORMS MOVING OUT OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...ACROSS MUCH
   OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND WESTERN AND NORTHERN GEORGIA.  A
   BROAD SWATH OF DAMAGING WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY ACTIVITY BEFORE IT
   BEGINS TO WEAKEN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.
   
   OTHER STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
   THROUGH TONIGHT....ALONG A FRONT LEFT IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM
   CLUSTER...NEAR CENTRAL/EASTERN GULF COASTAL AREAS...AS WELL AS NEAR
   A FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA INTO EASTERN VIRGINIA.
   
   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.
   
   ..KERR.. 05/03/2009
   
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