Sunday, June 15, 2008

NWS-SPC PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT



PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0309 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FROM PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS/LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY INTO PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND
MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND... LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS/LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY AND THE MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

SOUTHERN IOWA
MUCH OF ILLINOIS
NORTHERN INDIANA
EASTERN KANSAS
SOUTHERN MICHIGAN
WESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI
FAR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
NORTHERN AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA

ELSEWHERE...OTHER SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES NORTH AND EAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES

A BAND OF FAST JET STREAM WINDS... WITH WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 90 MPH... WILL SPREAD FROM NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MID AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY...AND ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT.

AT LOWER LEVELS... A STRENGTHENING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM LAKE SUPERIOR... SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS MORNING SOUTH AND EAST INTO LOWER MICHIGAN... NORTHERN ILLINOIS... NORTHERN MISSOURI... AND CENTRAL KANSAS BY EVENING.

INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL SPREAD WARM AND HUMID AIR NOW OVER THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS INTO PARTS OF THE MID MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS AND GREAT LAKES LATER TODAY.

SCATTERED SMALL CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA AND IOWA INTO WISCONSIN... ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN. HOWEVER...MORE WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE STORMS LIKELY WILL FORM ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS DAYTIME HEATING FURTHER DESTABILIZES REGION.

THE COMBINATION OF STRONG... CHANGING WINDS AND INCREASING INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT NUMEROUS CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. THESE WILL INCLUDE SUPERCELLS WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

ALTHOUGH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF
KANSAS... MISSOURI AND OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ...FAIRLY WIDESPREAD STRONG TO SEVERE ACTIVITY ALSO APPEAR LIKELY EASTWARD INTO PARTS OF ILLINOIS... INDIANA... WISCONSIN... MICHIGAN AND OHIO.

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.

..CORFIDI.. 06/15/2008


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