June 20- Moderate Risk Severe Weather Discussion

There is a moderate risk of severe weather in:
-West Iowa
-Northeast Kansas
-East Nebraska
-Extreme Northwest Missouri

Today's discussion will be the Storm Prediction Center's Public Severe Weather Outlook.

PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0505 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
   
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
   THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS
   OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          WESTERN IOWA
          NORTHEAST KANSAS
          NORTHWEST MISSOURI
          EASTERN NEBRASKA
          SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
   
   ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE
   SOUTHERN PLAINS...UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...OHIO VALLEY...AND
   CENTRAL APPALACHIANS STATES.
   
   A LARGE AND STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
   ROCKIES WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AND AFFECT THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES
   LATER TODAY.  HOT...HUMID...AND WINDY CONDITIONS AT THE SURFACE WILL
   LEAD TO A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS THIS AFTERNOON.  SCATTERED SEVERE
   THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO FORM OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SPREAD
   EASTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN IOWA THROUGH THE
   EVENING.  OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON
   ALONG A LINE FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO EASTERN KANSAS...MOVING
   INTO WESTERN MISSOURI DURING THE EVENING.  ALL OF THESE STORMS WILL
   BE CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE AND DAMAGING HAIL...AS WELL AS A FEW
   TORNADOES.
   
   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.

Today's Hail outlook

Today's Tornado Outlook

Today's Damaging Wind Outlook