Rough Afternoon coming up Today
Posted by JAC on 2/24/2011, 6:52 am




PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0330 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011
 
  ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER
  MISSISSIPPI...LOWER TENNESSEE...AND LOWER OHIO VALLEYS LATER TODAY
  INTO TONIGHT...
 
  THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
  DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HAIL OVER PARTS OF
  THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI AND LOWER TENNESSEE VALLEYS LATER TODAY INTO
  TONIGHT.
 
  THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
 
         MUCH OF ARKANSAS
         WESTERN KENTUCKY
         NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
         WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
  SURROUNDING THE AREA OF GREATEST RISK...SEVERE STORMS ALSO MAY OCCUR
  FROM NORTHERN AND EASTERN TEXAS...AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN
  OKLAHOMA...INTO ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN AND
  CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
 
  A POTENT JET STREAM DISTURBANCE NOW IN NEW MEXICO WILL SWEEP
  EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY...AND INTO THE LOWER
  MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY.
 
  AS THIS OCCURS...A SURFACE LOW NOW FORMING IN OKLAHOMA WILL
  STRENGTHEN AND ACCELERATE EAST-NORTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
  THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE CONTINUING NORTHEAST ACROSS KENTUCKY AND
  SOUTHERN OHIO EARLY FRIDAY.
 
  A BROAD CURRENT OF MOIST AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR WILL SURGE
  NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE LOW INTO MUCH OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND
  SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.
 
  THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WITH THE
  STRENGTHENING WINDS OF THE JET STREAM WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT
  FAVORABLE FOR STRONG ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS AS DAYTIME HEATING
  FURTHER DESTABILIZES THE REGION FROM THE ARKLATEX TO THE LOWER
  TENNESSEE VALLEY.
 
  THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW INTO ONE OR MORE
  LONG-LIVED BANDS THAT COULD PRODUCE A FEW STRONG TORNADOES...IN
  ADDITION TO SWATHS OF DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL.
 
  THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE THE MOST NUMEROUS LATER THIS AFTERNOON
  THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF ARKANSAS...MISSISSIPPI AND
  TENNESSEE...BUT MORE ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER MAY PERSIST THROUGH
  EARLY FRIDAY OVER PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS.
 
  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.
 
  ..CORFIDI.. 02/24/2011
 




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