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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1100 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
TONIGHT...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG...AND DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

       NORTHERN ALABAMA
       NORTHERN GEORGIA
       SOUTHERN AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
       NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
       WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
       MUCH OF TENNESSEE

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE MID OHIO VALLEY AND SOUTHERN MID ATLANTIC
COAST.

A BAND OF VERY FAST WINDS ALOFT WILL PERSIST OVER THE TENNESSEE AND
OHIO VALLEYS TODAY...IN THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF AN INTENSE STORM
SYSTEM CENTERED OVER IOWA.

AT THE SAME TIME...WARM AND HUMID AIR WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM
RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD AT LOWER LEVELS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY...AHEAD OF AN EASTWARD-MOVING COLD FRONT AND DISTURBANCE
ATTENDANT TO THE IOWA LOW.

AS DAYTIME HEATING PROGRESSES THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE DISTURBANCE
APPROACHES THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION... THUNDERSTORMS REMAINING
FROM THE OVERNIGHT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IN MISSOURI...
ARKANSAS...AND ILLINOIS MAY INTENSIFY OVER PARTS OF KENTUCKY AND
WEST TENNESSEE.  OTHER STORMS MAY DEVELOP SOUTHWARD ALONG AND AHEAD
OF THE COLD FRONT INTO NORTHERN PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA.

THE COMBINATION OF WARM AND HUMID AIR WITH VERY STRONG WINDS MAY
PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW LONG-LIVED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG...ALONG WITH
SWATHS OF DAMAGING WIND.

STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS DEVELOPING
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.

..KERR/CORFIDI.. 02/29/2012



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