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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1158 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE OZARKS AND LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE LOWER TENNESSEE AND LOWER OHIO VALLEYS
TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF  A FEW STRONG...LONG-TRACK TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE OZARKS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
INTO THE LOWER TENNESSEE AND LOWER OHIO VALLEYS TODAY THROUGH
TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

       EASTERN ARKANSAS
       SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       NORTHERN LOUISIANA
       SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
       NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
       WEST TENNESSEE

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM...THE WESTERN GULF
COAST NORTH INTO THE LOWER MISSOURI AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY

THE STRONG JET STREAM DISTURBANCE IN PART RESPONSIBLE FOR
YESTERDAY'S AND THIS MORNING'S INTENSE STORMS IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
WILL CONTINUE NORTHEAST INTO IOWA AND MISSOURI BY EARLY FRIDAY.  AT
THE SAME TIME...THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER ASSOCIATED WITH THE
DISTURBANCE...OVER CENTRAL KANSAS..WILL STRENGTHEN AND MOVE TO NEAR
DES MOINES.

A BROAD CURRENT OF SOUTHERLY WINDS SPREADING NORTH AHEAD OF THE
OKLAHOMA LOW WILL FEED VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR INTO THE MID
MISSISSIPPI...LOWER OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT.  AT THE SAME TIME...A BELT OF 130 MPH JET STREAM WINDS
SKIRTING THE EDGE OF THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SWEEP NORTH
AND EAST INTO PARTS OF ARKANSAS...MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS.

THE COMBINATION OF INCREASINGLY WARM AND HUMID AIR WITH VERY STRONG
ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS THAT CHANGE DIRECTION WITH HEIGHT WILL CREATE A
FAVORABLE SETUP FOR LONG-LIVED ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS.  SOME OF
THESE SUPERCELL STORMS WILL CONTINUE EAST AND NORTH INTO
ARKANSAS...SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA FROM OVERNIGHT
ACTIVITY IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA.  OTHER STORMS LIKELY WILL FORM LATER
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI
...TENNESSEE...KENTUCKY AND ILLINOIS.  A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG AND POSSIBLY LONG-LIVED TORNADOES...IN
ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

ELSEWHERE...A SEPARATE AREA OF SEVERE STORMS...INCLUDING
SUPERCELLS...MAY FORM THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTHEAST
KANSAS...SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI.
THESE MAY YIELD HAIL...LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO
OR TWO THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

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.

..HALES.. 04/10/2008

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