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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0405 AM CDT MON APR 04 2011

...WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY INTO TONIGHT...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY A FEW
TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO TENNESSEE
VALLEY TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

       NORTHERN ALABAMA
       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THE UPPER OHIO
VALLEY TO THE GULF COAST STATES.

A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WITH ASSOCIATED JET STREAM WINDS
GREATER THAN 100 MPH WILL PROGRESS FROM THE GREAT PLAINS THROUGH THE
OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS AND GULF COAST STATES TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A COLD FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THE UPPER-AIR STORM SYSTEM WITH THIS
FEATURE PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IT SURGES
EASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION.

THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING...EXPECT LOCATIONS FROM THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SOUTHWESTWARD INTO ARKANSAS...EASTERN TEXAS AND
LOUISIANA TO BE IMPACTED BY A FEW SEVERE STORMS.  BY AFTERNOON...THE
FRONT WILL ENCOUNTER A WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR MASS STREAMING
NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY INTO TENNESSEE VALLEY.  THIS WILL RESULT IN A MARKED INCREASE
IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COLD FRONT.  THESE STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS A FEW TORNADOES AS
THEY ADVANCE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND GULF COAST STATES TODAY
INTO TONIGHT.

STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS DEVELOPING
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.

..MEAD.. 04/04/2011


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