[BNAWX] Public Severe Weather Alert

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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1152 AM CDT SUN APR 02 2006

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...DAMAGING HAIL AND SEVERE WIND OVER PARTS
OF THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

       EXTREME NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS
       EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN IOWA
       WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI
       EXTREME NORTHWESTERN TENNESSEE

SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM PORTIONS OF CENTRAL/EASTERN TX TO WESTERN
VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA...ACROSS THE LOWER/MIDDLE OH VALLEY TO
SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...THEN WESTWARD TO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
NEBRASKA.

SEVERAL AREAS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TODAY AND
TONIGHT...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF WHICH SHOULD AFFECT THE MODERATE
RISK ZONE.  THE AIR MASS ACROSS CENTRAL/EASTERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN
ILLINOIS WILL GET MORE MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH TIME THIS AFTERNOON.
MEANWHILE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL STRENGTHEN AHEAD OF A
MIDDLE-UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS.  THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ERUPT AND BECOME SEVERE OVER THIS
REGION THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD
BECOME MORE NUMEROUS FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
EVENING...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...WIND DAMAGE AND OCCASIONAL
TORNADOES.

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.

..EDWARDS.. 04/02/2006

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