[BNAWX] Public Severe Weather Alert

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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0651 AM CST TUE FEB 05 2008

...A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING TORNADOES...
EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE MID SOUTH LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...

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 LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

       A LARGE PORTION OF ARKANSAS
       NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI
       FAR SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

SURROUNDING THE HIGH RISK AREA...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM PORTIONS OF EASTERN OK/SOUTHERN MO
EAST-NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND ACROSS THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY.

A STRONG LATE WINTER MID AND UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM NOW MOVING
RAPIDLY EASTWARD OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL SUPPORT AN
OUTBREAK OF TORNADOES AND OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS IT EJECTS
ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES THROUGH TONIGHT.  THE AIRMASS
AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM IS ALREADY UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST EARLY
THIS MORNING...AND WILL UNDERGO FURTHER HEATING AND MOISTENING
THROUGH THE DAY.  THIS WILL SUPPORT VIGOROUS STORMS BEGINNING EARLY
THIS MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS...WITH THE
THREAT SPREADING STEADILY EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ALONG TRACK OF A
SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE MID
SOUTH TODAY.  VIGOROUS STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS
AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL QUICKLY PRODUCE TORNADOES GIVEN COMBINATION
OF EXTREME WINDS ALOFT AND VERY WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS.  STORMS MAY
FORM INTO A LINE AND CONTINUE THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EASTWARD INTO THE LOWER MS RIVER AND TN RIVER VALLEYS
OVERNIGHT...WITH NORTHERN END SPREADING UP THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY.

EXTREMELY STRONG WINDS THROUGHOUT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL SUPPORT THE
THREAT OF LONGER-LIVED STORMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS AND FAST MOVING
LINES.  THIS WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THIS REGION...WITH ADDED
THREAT OF A FEW SIGNIFICANT EVENTS.

THIS IS POTENTIALLY A 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.

..EVANS.. 02/05/2008



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