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   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1121 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2009
   
   ...INTENSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE
   SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...WESTERN...NORTH-CENTRAL
   OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
   TONIGHT...
   
   THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS
   FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES....VERY LARGE HAIL...AND
   DAMAGING WIND OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
   INTO TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS
          WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
          SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
   
   ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM NORTHWEST
   TEXAS...PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS NORTHEASTWARD INTO LOWER
   MICHIGAN
   
   MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS
   AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS LOW-LEVEL SOUTHERLY WINDS STRENGTHEN AHEAD
   OF A JET STREAM DISTURBANCE NOW ALONG THE NEVADA-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
   BORDER.
   
   THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING MOISTURE AND LIFT AHEAD OF THE JET
   STREAM DISTURBANCE...ALONG WITH HEATING...ARE EXPECTED TO SUPPORT
   THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN PARTS OF THE
   TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA.  
   
   THUNDERSTORMS WILL FIRST DEVELOP ALONG A DRYLINE...AND TO THE SOUTH
   OF A FRONT...ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN
   OKLAHOMA BETWEEN 4-6PM CDT.  CONDITIONS WILL THEN BECOME VERY
   FAVORABLE FOR LONG-LIVED SUPERCELLS AS THE JET STREAM DISTURBANCE
   CONTINUES EAST TOWARD THE PLAINS DURING THE EVENING.  STRONG
   TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY FROM 6-10PM CDT...ACROSS
   WEST-CENTRAL...NORTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. 
   ADDITIONALLY...VERY LARGE HAIL OF BASEBALL SIZE AND LARGER CAN BE
   EXPECTED ALONG WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING
   HOURS.
   
   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.
   
   ..RACY/HALES/CORFIDI.. 04/25/2009
   
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