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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0444 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

VALID 220944Z - 221745Z

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE AND
OHIO RIVER VALLEYS INTO THE DEEP SOUTH TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS
OF THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO RIVER VALLEYS INTO THE DEEP SOUTH LATER
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

       ALABAMA
       NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
       SOUTHERN INDIANA
       KENTUCKY
       FAR SOUTHWEST OHIO
       TENNESSEE

SURROUNDING THIS AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND MIDDLE ATLANTIC
COAST INTO THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL GULF COAST.

A POTENT UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD
THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING NUMEROUS SEVERE STORMS...TO THE NATIONS
MID SECTION TODAY.  COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRENGTHENING WINDS ALOFT
WILL OVERSPREAD A WARM AND MOISTENING SURFACE AIR MASS ACROSS THE
REGION.

THOUGH...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ACCOMPANY BROAD REGION
OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE DAY AS THEY OVERSPREAD THE OHIO AND
TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEYS...MORE VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY EVOLVE INTO SUPERCELLS OVER THE MIDDLE OHIO
RIVER VALLEY/SOUTHERN INDIANA...KENTUCKY... TENNESSEE...AND ALABAMA.
 WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH A FEW
TORNADOES...CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE STORMS MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE
APPALACHIANS OVERNIGHT.

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.

..EVANS.. 04/22/2005

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