[BNAWX] Public Severe Weather Alert

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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1144 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
AND LOWER OHIO VALLEYS INTO PARTS OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION TODAY...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES OVER
PARTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND LOWER OH VALLEYS TODAY.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

       EASTERN ARKANSAS
       SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
       MUCH OF INDIANA
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
       SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
       NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
       WEST TENNESSEE

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM EAST TEXAS
NORTHWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS INTO THE
GREAT LAKES REGION.

A POWERFUL UPPER STORM SYSTEM OVER THE PLAINS WILL MOVE EASTWARD
TODAY AND AFFECT THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS.  A FAST-MOVING
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM WILL SWEEP ACROSS
THE RISK AREA TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.  STRONG WINDS ALOFT COUPLED
WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL PROVIDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
RATHER WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS WITH THE LINE.  SOME OF THE GUSTS
COULD BE LOCALLY STRONG TO EXTREME...PARTICULARLY ACROSS PARTS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO BY LATE
AFTERNOON.  OTHERWISE...A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS
WITHIN AND AHEAD OF THE LINE.

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/HART.. 04/18/2013



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