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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1226 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...OUTBREAK OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER
PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS AND
SOUTHERN OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN
OKLAHOMA IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS TORNADIC STORMS
WITH A FEW STRONG TO VIOLENT...LONG-TRACK TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF
THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. THE THREAT
FOR TORNADIC STORMS SHOULD ALSO EXTEND NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN
OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
       FAR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
       EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
       SOUTHERN TENNESSEE

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THE CENTRAL
AND EASTERN GULF COAST STATES NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO
VALLEY...CAROLINAS...CENTRAL TO NORTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS AND
MIDDLE-ATLANTIC.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD
OF A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY ENTERING THE REGION FROM THE
WEST. THE STORMS WILL QUICKLY MOVE EAST TO  NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE
TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS ENCOUNTER A VERY
MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND INTERACT WITH STRONG WIND SHEAR...THE
RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL OCCUR. A POTENTIAL FOR
STRONG TO VIOLENT...LONG-TRACK TORNADOES WILL EXIST IN THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. NUMEROUS TORNADIC STORMS
WITH LARGE HAIL...AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE OHIO VALLEY AND CENTRAL GULF
COAST STATES. ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST
TO DEVELOP FROM THE OHIO VALLEY AND CAROLINAS NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE
CENTRAL TO NORTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS BY THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD.

THE MOST INTENSE STORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA...FAR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHERN
TENNESSEE. A HIGH RISK FOR DAMAGING TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS IS IN
EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. FUTURE FORECASTS MAY EXPAND THIS AREA TO
INCLUDE PORTIONS OF EASTERN TENNESSEE...AS WELL AS AREAS FARTHER
SOUTH INTO EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN ALABAMA.

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.

..BROYLES.. 04/27/2011


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