[BNAWX] Public Severe Weather Alert

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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0536 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI...TENNESSEE AND LOWER OHIO 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...TENNESSEE AND LOWER OHIO VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

       NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
       SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS
       SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA
       WESTERN AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY
       SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
       SOUTHWEST OHIO
       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

SURROUNDING THE GREATEST RISK AREA...A LESSER RISK FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM EAST TEXAS TO THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY
AND EASTERN GREAT LAKES

A BAND OF FAST JET STREAM FLOW...WITH SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 100
MPH...WILL PERSIST OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY...AND WILL
REACH NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY TONIGHT.  AT LOWER
LEVELS...A BROAD CURRENT OF WARM AND VERY HUMID AIR WILL CONTINUE TO
SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS.  AS
SURFACE HEATING OCCURS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CLOUDS AND SHOWERS LEFT
FROM YESTERDAY'S STORMS...NEW STORMS LIKELY WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS
OF ARKANSAS...WEST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BY EARLY
AFTERNOON.  THESE STORMS SHOULD RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN AND MOVE EAST /
NORTHEAST INTO PARTS OF ILLINOIS...INDIANA...KENTUCKY AND POSSIBLY
OHIO.  CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY FAVORABLE FOR STORM ROTATION...AND
POSSIBLY A FEW STRONG 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.

..CORFIDI.. 09/23/2006



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