[BNAWX] Public Severe Weather Alert

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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1226 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...MAJOR TORNADO AND SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI...MID MISSISSIPPI...AND LOWER OHIO VALLEYS
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS TORNADOES...WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS...AND
LARGE HAIL OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI...MID
MISSISSIPPI...AND LOWER OHIO VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI
       NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
       WESTERN TENNESSEE

SURROUNDING THE GREATEST RISK AREA...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
FROM LOUSIANA NORTHEASTWARD TO THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT
LAKES.

THE STRONG JET STREAM DISTURBANCE IN PART RESPONSIBLE FOR
YESTERDAY'S TORNADO OUTBREAK IN THE PLAINS WILL CONTINUE EAST INTO
MISSOURI LATER TODAY AND INTO ILLINOIS BY EARLY THURSDAY AS ITS
ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW AND COLD FRONT MOVE FROM EASTERN KANSAS TO
NEAR ST LOUIS.

WARM...MOIST SOUTHERLY WINDS STREAMING NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE LOW
WILL UNDERCUT A BAND OF FAST...COOL...WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY JET STREAM
FLOW.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW FORMING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT
PROGRESSING EAST ACROSS THE OZARKS AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
OTHER STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM OVER A LARGE AREA OF
MOIST...UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FROM EASTERN ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST
MO...ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN INDIANA...WESTERN
AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY...AND WESTERN TENNESSEE.

CONDITIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
LONG-LIVED ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE FAST-MOVING AND
POTENTIALLY DEADLY TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND. THE STORMS MAY EVOLVE INTO AN EXTENSIVE BAND THIS
EVENING...WITH AN ASSOCIATED THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND... HAIL...AND
TORNADOES SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE OHIO VALLEY AND
INTO PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LATER TONIGHT.

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.

..HART.. 05/25/2011



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