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   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1137 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
   
   ...AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE
   SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS
   AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG/LONG-TRACK TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
   DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER/MIDDLE
   MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          SOUTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS
          FAR NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
          NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
          FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
          SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE
          NORTHEAST TEXAS
   
   ELSEWHERE...SURROUNDING THE HIGH RISK AREA...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO
   POSSIBLE FROM PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS NORTHEASTWARD TO THE
   OHIO VALLEY...LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION...AND APPALACHIANS.
   
   AS AN UPPER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST UNITED
   STATES...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS
   AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND
   ARKLATEX REGION. WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE...THE
   STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
   LONG-TRACK STRONG TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE
   THE CASE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...FAR SOUTHERN
   OKLAHOMA...FAR NORTHERN LOUISIANA...AS WELL AS MUCH OF ARKANSAS.
   ADDITIONALLY...THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE
   WILL ALSO INCREASE LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE
   EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS THE LOWER/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
   VALLEY INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY.
   
   INTO WEDNESDAY...A WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK...INCLUDING
   STRONG TORNADOES...WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS
   THE GREATEST THREAT WILL EXIST ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...OHIO
   VALLEY...AND SURROUNDING PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.
   
   STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS POTENTIALLY
   VERY DANGEROUS 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.
   
   ..GUYER.. 04/26/2011
   
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