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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0419 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2012
...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...A FEW TORNADOES...AND
POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN PLAINS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
SOUTHERN KANSAS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN TEXAS
ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THE CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS INTO THE OZARK PLATEAU AND NORTHERN TEXAS...
AN UPPER-AIR DISTURBANCE OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL PROGRESS
SOUTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS...WHILE A SECOND WEAKER SYSTEM
EMERGES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. THESE
FEATURES WILL INTERACT WITH A LEE TROUGH/DRYLINE OVER THE HIGH
PLAINS...THE MERGING OF A COLD FRONT AND STATIONARY FRONT OVER
KANSAS...AND POSSIBLY AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVER OKLAHOMA AND
TEXAS...TO PRODUCE A NUMBER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.
THE COMBINATION OF A MODERATE TO STRONGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND
STRENGTHENING VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL RESULT IN AN ENVIRONMENT
FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND A FEW
TORNADOES. WITH TIME...INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MERGE INTO
A LARGE COMPLEX WITH A POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND THREAT
DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS LATE THIS EVENING INTO
TONIGHT.
STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS POTENTIALLY
VERY DANGEROUS 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.. 05/30/2012
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