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   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1026 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011
   
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
   AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER
   MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          NORTHWEST ALABAMA
          SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
          SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY
          THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
          NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
          WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
   
   ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM EAST TEXAS AND
   SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA TODAY...EASTWARD TO EASTERN TENNESSEE AND
   KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT.
   
   AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...AND AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
   CENTER AND COLD FRONT...WILL MOVE EASTWARD AND NORTHEASTWARD FROM
   TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA LATE THIS MORNING TO ARKANSAS THIS EVENING...AND
   THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT.
   IN ADVANCE OF THIS STORM...MOISTURE IS SPREADING NORTHWARD FROM THE
   GULF OF MEXICO TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.  THIS MOISTURE WILL
   FUEL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST
   OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND
   SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER...AND THE STORMS WILL INTENSIFY THROUGH
   THE EVENING WHILE SPREADING ACROSS ARKANSAS...WESTERN
   TENNESSEE...AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.  THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE
   FAVORABLE FOR STORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES...AND A
   FEW STRONG/DAMAGING TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS 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.. 02/24/2011
   
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