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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1137 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG/LONG-TRACK TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER/MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

       SOUTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS
       FAR NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
       NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
       FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
       SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE
       NORTHEAST TEXAS

ELSEWHERE...SURROUNDING THE HIGH RISK AREA...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE FROM PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS NORTHEASTWARD TO THE
OHIO VALLEY...LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION...AND APPALACHIANS.

AS AN UPPER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST UNITED
STATES...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND
ARKLATEX REGION. WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE...THE
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
LONG-TRACK STRONG TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE
THE CASE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...FAR SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA...FAR NORTHERN LOUISIANA...AS WELL AS MUCH OF ARKANSAS.
ADDITIONALLY...THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE
WILL ALSO INCREASE LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS THE LOWER/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY.

INTO WEDNESDAY...A WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK...INCLUDING
STRONG TORNADOES...WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS
THE GREATEST THREAT WILL EXIST ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...OHIO
VALLEY...AND SURROUNDING PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.

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.

..GUYER.. 04/26/2011

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