[FONT=lucida sans typewriter, lucida console, courier]..GREAT LAKES REGION SWD TO THE GULF COAST STATES
WIDESPREAD/POTENTIALLY-SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT APPEARS
INCREASINGLY LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF A WIDESPREAD AREA EXTENDING
FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION SWD TO THE GULF COAST STATES.
[/FONT][FONT=lucida sans typewriter, lucida console, courier]STORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE...AS
INTENSE FLOW THROUGH THE LOWER AND MID TROPOSPHERE -- VEERING WITH
HEIGHT FROM THE LOWER TO MID LEVELS -- RESULTS IN SHEAR SUPPORTIVE
OF SUPERCELLS AND/OR WELL-ORGANIZED LINE SEGMENTS. LARGE HAIL WILL
BE POSSIBLE -- PARTICULARLY NEAR THE COLDER MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES
ACROSS NRN PORTIONS OF THE RISK AREA...AND VERY STRONG/DAMAGING
WINDS ARE LIKELY GIVEN STRENGTH OF THE AMBIENT FLOW FIELD.
FURTHER...GIVEN MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AND LOW LCLS ALONG WITH AMPLE
VEERING/SPEED SHEAR IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER...TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE
LIKELY -- INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL THAT A FEW MAY BE
STRONG/LONG-LIVED.