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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1026 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011

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

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

       NORTHWEST ALABAMA
       SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
       SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY
       THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
       NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM EAST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA TODAY...EASTWARD TO EASTERN TENNESSEE AND
KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT.

AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...AND AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER AND COLD FRONT...WILL MOVE EASTWARD AND NORTHEASTWARD FROM
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA LATE THIS MORNING TO ARKANSAS THIS EVENING...AND
THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT.
IN ADVANCE OF THIS STORM...MOISTURE IS SPREADING NORTHWARD FROM THE
GULF OF MEXICO TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.  THIS MOISTURE WILL
FUEL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER...AND THE STORMS WILL INTENSIFY THROUGH
THE EVENING WHILE SPREADING ACROSS ARKANSAS...WESTERN
TENNESSEE...AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.  THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE
FAVORABLE FOR STORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES...AND A
FEW STRONG/DAMAGING TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON
INTO EARLY 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.

..THOMPSON.. 02/24/2011


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