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   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1125 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008
   
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST US
   THROUGH THIS EVENING...
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS
   OF THE SOUTHEAST US THROUGH THIS EVENING.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          NORTHERN GEORGIA
          PARTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          SOUTH CAROLINA
   
   SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND
   WESTERN TENNESSEE TO NORTHERN AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
   
   POTENT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT APPEARS LIKELY TODAY FROM NORTHERN
   GEORGIA EASTWARD ACROSS PARTS OF THE CAROLINAS.  EXPECT SUPERCELL
   THUNDERSTORMS AND CAPABLE OF STRONG TORNADOES...AS WELL AS HAIL AND
   DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS.  
   
   A SMALL BUT STRONG TROUGH IN MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVELS WILL MOVE
   RAPIDLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTHERN
   APPALACHIAN AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.  AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH...WIND
   SHEAR WILL BECOME MORE INTENSE -- ESPECIALLY AHEAD OF A SURFACE LOW
   PRESSURE AREA THAT WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA AND
   THE CAROLINAS.  A WARM FRONT WILL BECOME BETTER DEFINED OVER THE
   MODERATE RISK AREA AHEAD OF THE LOW...AND WILL FOCUS THE GREATEST
   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT RATHER TIGHTLY.  ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WARM
   FRONT...THE AIR AT THE SURFACE SHOULD DESTABILIZE RAPIDLY THROUGH
   MID-LATE AFTERNOON AS IT HEATS AND MOISTENS.  ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND
   SHEAR WILL PERSIST INTO EVENING TO MAINTAIN A SEVERE WEATHER DANGER
   ACROSS PARTS OF THE CAROLINAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT.
   
   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.
   
   ..EDWARDS.. 03/15/2008
   
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