Pre-Tornado Severe Weather Warning

PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0447 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE OZARKS AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE OZARKS AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS SOUTHERN MISSOURI SOUTHERN...CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA FAR NORTH TEXAS

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM...THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION TO CENTRAL TEXAS

ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE STORMS IS FORECAST AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY AND INTO THE OZARKS AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT. THE AREA OF GREATEST RISK APPEARS TO EXTEND FROM FAR NORTH TEXAS INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA...FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE AGAIN TODAY. THIS COMBINED WITH STRONG FAVORABLE WINDS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN A RISK OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN THE MOST INTENSE STORMS.

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.

..PETERS.. 05/20/2013

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