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   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0503 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011
   
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF LOWER MICHIGAN THIS
   AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER MICHIGAN THIS
   AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          MICHIGAN
   
   ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES
   REGION.
   
   A STRONG MID-UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND
   NEBRASKA WILL MOVE EAST-NORTHEASTWARD TO WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN BY
   THIS EVENING...ALONG WITH AN ACCOMPANYING SURFACE COLD FRONT.  A
   WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS IS SPREADING NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE GREAT
   LAKES REGION...AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT AND
   THE LIKELIHOOD OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE
   FRONT.  THE INITIAL STORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY OR EARLY
   AFTERNOON ALONG THE COLD FRONT ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AND
   NORTHERN ILLINOIS.  THE STORMS WILL THEN GROW INTO A SQUALL LINE AND
   MOVE EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
   WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
   
   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.. 05/31/2011
   
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