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   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0720 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011
   
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS
   THIS AFTERNOON 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 NORTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          WESTERN MINNESOTA
          EXTREME SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
          CENTRAL NEBRASKA
          EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
   
   ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM...NORTHERN
   MINNESOTA SOUTHWARD TO THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER REGION.
   
   A STRONG MID-UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD FROM
   THE CENTRAL ROCKIES THIS MORNING TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS OVERNIGHT. 
   THIS UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SURFACE LOW
   PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
   PLAINS.  AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND SURFACE LOW...A FLOW OF WARM
   AND MOIST AIR ACROSS THE PLAINS AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL RESULT
   IN AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT FROM NEBRASKA TO THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND
   WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT.
   
   THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID-LATE AFTERNOON ALONG
   THE FRONT...AND THE STORMS WILL LIKELY EXPAND INTO A SQUALL LINE BY
   LATE EVENING.  A FEW TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL...AND WIDESPREAD
   DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS FROM LATE
   AFTERNOON INTO EARLY 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.
   
   ..THOMPSON.. 05/30/2011
   
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