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   WOUS40 KWNS 091634
   KSZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-100030-
   
   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1134 AM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009
   
   ...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE
   CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES AND VERY LARGE HAIL OVER PARTS
   OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          PARTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
          PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
          PARTS OF NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
   
   ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS MISSOURI FROM LATER THIS
   AFTERNOON INTO THE NIGHT.
   
   A WARM AND VERY MOIST AIRMASS RESIDES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
   THIS MORNING ALONG AND SOUTH OF WARM FRONT SITUATED FROM SOUTHEAST
   COLORADO ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI. MEANWHILE...A
   MID LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE...AND INCREASING MID LEVEL FLOW
   ASSOCIATED WITH A JET STREAK...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM ARIZONA/NEW
   MEXICO THIS MORNING...TO MISSOURI BY TONIGHT. LIFT WITH THIS
   DISTURBANCE...COMBINED WITH VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS NEAR THE WARM
   FRONT...WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SIGNIFICANT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
   DEVELOPMENT TODAY FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS/NORTHERN OKLAHOMA EASTWARD
   ACROSS MISSOURI.
   
   THE WARM FRONT WILL SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR POTENTIALLY LONG-TRACK
   SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A STRONG TORNADO OR TWO THIS
   AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. VERY LARGE/DESTRUCTIVE HAIL ALSO
   APPEARS POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS. EVENTUALLY...STORM MERGERS AND
   AN INCREASE IN STORM COVERAGE SHOULD LEAD TO A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE
   COMPLEX. THIS COMPLEX MAY GO ON TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
   HAIL AS IT TRACKS EAST ACROSS MISSOURI THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
   
   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.
   
   ..MEAD/CARBIN.. 06/09/2009
   
   $$        
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