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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0328 AM CDT THU APR 02 2009

...AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FROM THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND MID-SOUTH REGION INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN
U.S. TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS FROM THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND MID-SOUTH REGION INTO THE
SOUTHEASTERN U.S. TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

       ALABAMA
       NORTHERN FLORIDA
       WESTERN AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA
       MISSISSIPPI
       WESTERN TENNESSEE

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM PARTS OF EASTERN
TEXAS AND ARKANSAS NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO RIVER
VALLEYS AND EASTWARD INTO THE EASTERN CAROLINAS.

INTENSE SPRING STORM SYSTEM TAKING SHAPE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BRING A RISK OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING EARLY TODAY AND CONTINUING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT PERIOD ACROSS MUCH OF THE DEEP SOUTH.  SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF THIS FEATURE INTO THE MID SOUTH AND LOWER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY.  FURTHER DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR ACROSS
MUCH OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING.  ADDITIONAL AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY EVOLVE
OUT OF THE NORTHEASTERN GULF COAST INTO ADJACENT AREAS OF NORTHERN
FLORIDA...FAR SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA TODAY.

DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL BECOME VERY STRONG AS ENHANCED WIND FIELDS
ALOFT OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE REGION TODAY.  THIS WILL OCCUR AS GULF
MOISTURE STREAMS NORTHWARD AND FUELS A LARGE AREA OF UNSTABLE AIR
WITH AFTERNOON HEATING.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA WILL
EVOLVE AS SUPERCELLS AND SMALL LINES OF STORMS.  TORNADOES...A FEW
OF WHICH COULD BE QUITE STRONG AND/OR LONGER-LIVED...ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT OVER THE REGION.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
WILL BE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS FROM THESE STORMS.

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.
ADDITIONALLY...STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING
THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.

..EVANS.. 04/02/2009
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