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   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0100 PM CDT THU APR 02 2009
   
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
   VALLEY AND MID-SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.  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 LOWER
   MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EASTWARD ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES THIS
   AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          A LARGE PART OF ALABAMA
          PARTS OF NORTHER FLORIDA INCLUDING THE PANHANDLE
          PARTS OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA
          A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI
   
   ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM PARTS OF EASTERN
   TEXAS AND ARKANSAS NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO RIVER
   VALLEYS AND EASTWARD INTO THE EASTERN CAROLINAS.
   
   INTENSE SPRING STORM SYSTEM IS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
   TODAY BRINGING A RISK OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
   AFTERNOON CONTINUING TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE DEEP SOUTH.  SEVERE
   THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN INCREASING DURING THE MORNING AHEAD OF A
   STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. IN ADDITION
   SEVERE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING VICINITY OF THE EASTERN GULF COAST
   WHERE A VERY MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS CURRENTLY RESIDES.
   
   DEEP LAYER SHEAR...ALREADY STRONG WILL INCREASE FURTHER DURING THE
   AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE STRONG UPPER TROUGH CROSSES THE
   SOUTHERN PLAINS. SUPERCELLS WILL BECOME AN INCREASING CONCERN DURING
   THE AFTERNOON ALONG WITH A TORNADO THREAT.  IN ADDITION THE LINE OF
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NOW DEVELOPING FROM NORTHERN MS SWD THROUGH
   SERN LA WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY DAMAGING WINDS.  TORNADOES THAT OCCUR
   WITH SUPERCELLS COULD BE QUITE STRONG AND/OR LONGER-LIVED AS THEY
   DEVELOP ACROSS MISSISSIPPI INTO ALABAMA AND ALSO VICINITY THE
   EAST/WEST BOUNDARY NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
   
   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.
   ADDITIONALLY...STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING
   THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.
   
   ..HALES.. 04/02/2009
   
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