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   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1148 AM CDT FRI MAY 02 2008
   
   ...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER
   MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY INTO TONIGHT...
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER
   MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY INTO TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          EASTERN ARKANSAS
          NORTHERN LOUISIANA
          NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI
          WESTERN TENNESSEE
   
   ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THE SOUTHERN GREAT
   LAKES SOUTHWARD INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
   
   A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS HAS DEVELOPED TODAY OVER THE LOWER
   MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST ACROSS THE
   REGION.  ADDITIONALLY...A STRONG MIDDLE AND UPPER-LEVEL JET STREAM
   WILL EXIST ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS THROUGH THE OZARK PLATEAU REGION
   INTO THE OH VALLEY.  THIS IS RESULTING IN STRONG...VERTICAL WIND
   SHEAR ACROSS THE DESTABILIZING AIR MASS.  SEVERAL SUPERCELL
   THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL
   ARKANSAS LATE THIS MORNING...AND THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE
   TODAY EASTWARD INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE...NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND
   PERHAPS NORTHERN LOUISIANA.  THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
   PRODUCING TORNADOES...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG...THIS AFTERNOON
   INTO EVENING.  IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...CORRIDORS OF
   DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MODERATE
   RISK AREA.
   
   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.
   
   ..MEAD.. 05/02/2008
   
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