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   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1125 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008
   
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND
   SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND
   SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          FAR NORTHEAST COLORADO
          WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
          MUCH OF WESTERN NEBRASKA INCLUDING THE PANHANDLE
   
   ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM WESTERN OKLAHOMA
   INTO SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA AND EASTERN WYOMING.
   
   A LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL REMAIN OVER THE WESTERN
   UNITED STATES THROUGH TONIGHT. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH ROTATING ABOUT
   THIS SYSTEM WILL TRAVEL FROM NEW MEXICO NWD INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH
   PLAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
   WITHIN AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS FROM SOUTHEAST WYOMING INTO WEST CENTRAL
   KANSAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA BY MID-LATE AFTERNOON ALONG A DRYLINE
   AND TRACK NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE RISK AREA.  VEERING AND
   INCREASING WINDS ALOFT COUPLED WITH MAGNITUDE OF INSTABILITY AND
   MOISTURE WILL POSE A RISK OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES...AS WELL AS
   GIANT DAMAGING HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   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.
   
   ..RACY/HALES/HART.. 05/23/2008
   
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