Public Severe Weather Outlook From The Storm Prediction Center

PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
11:25 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.
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