[BNAWX] Public Severe Weather Alert

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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1057 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE IS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF
THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY, TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

The NWS Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK is forecasting the
development of widespread damaging winds and a few tornadoes over
parts of the lower Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, into the lower
Mississippi Valley and central Gulf States this afternoon and
tonight.

The areas most likely to experience this activity include:

       Northwest Alabama
       Western and central Kentucky
       Northern Mississippi
       Western and middle Tennessee

Elsewhere, severe storms are also possible from the Ohio Valley to
central Gulf Coast.

A storm system near Kansas City as of late morning will strengthen
rapidly while moving toward Wisconsin this evening, as a cold front
sweeps eastward across Missouri and Arkansas this afternoon.  Along
and ahead of the cold front, or more bands of severe thunderstorms
are expected to develop by mid afternoon, initially along a line
from Saint Louis to Texarkana.  Storms will then spread eastward
across the Ohio, Tennessee, and Mississippi Valleys through tonight.

Widespread damaging thunderstorm winds are expected as storms evolve
into a squall line by this evening and continue into the overnight
hours.  A few tornadoes will also be possible with storms embedded
in or ahead of the squall line, mainly this afternoon into early
tonight.

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.

..Thompson.. 02/20/2014



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