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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1041 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

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

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER OH
AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

       NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
       SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
       SOUTHWEST INDIANA
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
       WESTERN TENNESSEE

SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI
NORTHEASTWARD TO THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY.

AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING EASTWARD FROM KANSAS
AND OKLAHOMA TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEY REGION.  A
STRENGTHENING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD FROM
ILLINOIS TO MICHIGAN IN ADVANCE OF THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM...AND AN
INTENSE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO
VALLEYS TO THE SOUTH OF THE LOW PRESSURE AREA.

LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE IS SPREADING NORTHEASTWARD FROM TEXAS AND
LOUISIANA TO ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI AS OF LATE MORNING...AND WILL
CONTINUE NORTHEASTWARD TO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY BY LATE AFTERNOON IN
ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT.  INSTABILITY IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT WILL
BE RELATIVELY WEAK COMPARED TO MANY SPRING STORM SYSTEMS...BUT IT
WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR SEVERE STORMS IN A BAND ALONG THE COLD FRONT.
 VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE AND STORM MOTIONS
EXCEEDING 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON SUGGEST THAT WIDESPREAD DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING.  EVEN THOUGH INSTABILITY WILL BECOME QUITE WEAK
BY EARLY TONIGHT...THE THREAT FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS
MAY PERSIST WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ALONG THE INTENSE COLD
FRONT.

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.. 01/29/2008
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