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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1231 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2010

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY AND ARKLATEX VICINITY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL OVER PARTS OF
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND ARKLATEX VICINITY THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

       ARKANSAS
       NORTHERN LOUISIANA
       NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI
       SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
       WESTERN TENNESSEE
       NORTHEAST TEXAS

ELSEWHERE...SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA...SEVERE STORMS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY.

AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WHILE TRANSITIONING FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES
TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL
SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY...EASTERN
OKLAHOMA...AND PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT.

AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...A WARM...INCREASINGLY MOIST...AND UNSTABLE
AIR MASS WILL DEVELOP NORTHWARD ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL STATES
TODAY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND
SPREAD EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT A RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF TORNADOES...A FEW OF WHICH MAY BE
STRONG.

LATER TONIGHT...A SECONDARY ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LIKELY DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT ACROSS
NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL TEXAS...AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. AS
THESE STORMS RACE EAST-NORTHEASTWARD LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
SATURDAY...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL
ALL BE POSSIBLE.

ON SATURDAY...A SIGNIFICANT AND POTENTIALLY EXTENSIVE SEVERE WEATHER
RISK...INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF AN OUTBREAK WITH STRONG
TORNADOES...IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY...TENNESSEE VALLEY...AND CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES.


..GUYER.. 04/23/2010

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