Public Severe Weather Outllok From Storm Prediction Center

PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0137 AM CST TUE FEB 05 2008
AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND
A FEW STRONG TORNADOES IS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE MID SOUTH ACROSS THE
LOWER OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE MID
SOUTH ACROSS THE LOWER OH RIVER VALLEY AND CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES
TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
ARKANSAS
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
FAR SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA
WESTERN KENTUCKY
NORTHERN LOUISIANA
SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
WESTERN TENNESSEE
FAR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS
SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE SOUTHERN
GREAT LAKES/OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES.
A STRONG LATE WINTER MID AND UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM NOW MOVING
RAPIDLY EASTWARD OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL SUPPORT AN
INCREASED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS IT EJECTS ACROSS THE SOUTH
CENTRAL UNITED STATES THROUGH TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THIS
SYSTEM IS ALREADY UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST EARLY THIS
MORNING...AND WILL UNDERGO FURTHER HEATING AND MOISTENING THROUGH
THE DAY. THIS WILL SUPPORT VIGOROUS STORMS BEGINNING EARLY THIS
MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS...WITH THE
THREAT SPREADING STEADILY EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ALONG TRACK OF A
SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE MID
SOUTH TODAY. A VIGOROUS LINE OF STORMS SHOULD EVOLVE ALONG THE
FRONT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THE THREAT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EASTWARD INTO THE LOWER MS RIVER AND TN RIVER VALLEYS
OVERNIGHT...WITH NORTHERN END SPREADING UP THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY.
EXTREMELY STRONG WINDS THROUGHOUT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL SUPPORT THE
THREAT OF LONGER-LIVED STORMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS AND FAST MOVING
LINES. THIS WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THIS REGION...WITH ADDED
THREAT OF A FEW SIGNIFICANT EVENTS.
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.
EVANS 02/05/2008