MS & W TN Under the Gun Today
Posted by JAC on 4/4/2011, 5:54 am



PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
  NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
  0405 AM CDT MON APR 04 2011
 
  ...WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER
  MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY INTO TONIGHT...
 
  THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
  DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY A FEW
  TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO TENNESSEE
  VALLEY TODAY INTO TONIGHT.
 
  THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
 
         NORTHERN ALABAMA
         NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
         WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
  ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THE UPPER OHIO
  VALLEY TO THE GULF COAST STATES.
 
  A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WITH ASSOCIATED JET STREAM WINDS
  GREATER THAN 100 MPH WILL PROGRESS FROM THE GREAT PLAINS THROUGH THE
  OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS AND GULF COAST STATES TODAY AND TONIGHT.
  A COLD FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THE UPPER-AIR STORM SYSTEM WITH THIS
  FEATURE PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IT SURGES
  EASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION.  
 
  THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING...EXPECT LOCATIONS FROM THE MID
  MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SOUTHWESTWARD INTO ARKANSAS...EASTERN TEXAS AND
  LOUISIANA TO BE IMPACTED BY A FEW SEVERE STORMS.  BY AFTERNOON...THE
  FRONT WILL ENCOUNTER A WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR MASS STREAMING
  NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
  VALLEY INTO TENNESSEE VALLEY.  THIS WILL RESULT IN A MARKED INCREASE
  IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COLD FRONT.  THESE STORMS WILL BE
  CAPABLE OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS A FEW TORNADOES AS
  THEY ADVANCE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND GULF COAST STATES TODAY
  INTO TONIGHT.
 
  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.
 
  ..MEAD.. 04/04/2011
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