[BNAWX] Public Severe Weather Alert

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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1208 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

...AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING STRONG TORNADOES IS
EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE MID-SOUTH...CENTRAL GULF COAST
STATES...AND TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG...LONG-TRACK TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE
MID-SOUTH...CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES...AND TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
       FAR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM PORTIONS OF THE
MIDWEST AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TO THE APPALACHIANS.

A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS
IT ADVANCES NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS TO
THE MIDWEST AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY VICINITY. VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT
WILL OVERSPREAD A WARM...MOIST...AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS FROM THE
CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES TO THE TENNESSEE AND LOWER OHIO RIVER
VALLEYS.

AS SUCH...ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE IN PLACE FOR AN OUTBREAK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...INCLUDING STRONG
AND LONG-LIVED TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO EXTENSIVE DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL. THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF INTENSE DAMAGING SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF
MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA...WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WESTERN
KENTUCKY...ALONG WITH ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY TO
SOUTHEAST STATES.

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.. 04/24/2010



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