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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1201 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

...WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE
UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND MIDWEST AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON 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 UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SRN
APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

       NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA
       MUCH OF IOWA
       NORTHERN ILLINOIS
       NORTHWESTERN INDIANA
       SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY
       SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
       WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
       WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
       FAR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
       EASTERN TENNESSEE
       SOUTHERN WISCONSIN

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THE CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN PLAINS...EASTWARD TO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES AND SOUTHWARD
INTO FL.

A VERY ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TODAY OVER AN
EXTENSIVE REGION FROM THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS EASTWARD TO THE
MID ATLANTIC STATES AND SOUTHWARD INTO FLORIDA.

ONE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER WAS ALREADY ONGOING IN EASTERN
KENTUCKY THIS MORNING...AND IS EXPECTED TO TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD
THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...WITH WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE
POSSIBLE.

OTHER VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED LATER THIS
AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA...SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA AND IOWA. THIS REGION IS LOCATED WITHIN A ZONE OF MODEST
MID-LEVEL WINDS...AND A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS. ONCE
STORMS DEVELOP...THIS ENVIRONMENT WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF INTENSE
SUPERCELLS...WITH A THREAT FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND WINDS. TORNADOES
ARE ALSO EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY WHERE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORM CELLS
TRACK ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM EARLIER STORM COMPLEXES. THIS
EVENING...CLUSTERS OF SEVERE STORMS WILL MERGE INTO ONE OR MORE
COMPLEXES. AS THESE LARGER STORM COMPLEXES SHIFT EASTWARD
OVERNIGHT...A THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD...AND POSSIBLY SIGNIFICANT WIND
DAMAGE...IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES.

STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS POTENTIALLY
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.

..IMY.. 06/18/2009



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