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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1138 AM CDT MON JUN 05 2006

...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 LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA

SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND
MINNESOTA...SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN COLORADO...MUCH OF OKLAHOMA...AND
WESTERN ARKANSAS.

A STRONG JET STREAM DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS
TODAY...REACHING NORTHERN MINNESOTA BY EARLY TUESDAY. AT THE SAME
TIME...AN ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE PLAINS...WITH THE COLD FRONT LIKELY TO EXTEND
FROM WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR TO CENTRAL KANSAS BY DAWN TUESDAY.

IN THE WAKE OF MORNING STORMS...AN INCREASINGLY WARM AND UNSTABLE
AIRMASS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS AND JET STREAM DISTURBANCE...THIS WILL
CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO ONE
OR MORE LARGE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS THAT PRODUCE VERY LARGE
HAIL...HIGH WINDS...AND POSSIBLY A FEW TORNADOES...ACROSS A BROAD
PORTION OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS.

WHILE THE GREATEST THREAT IS FORECAST TO OCCUR OVER NEBRASKA AND
KANSAS INTO FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...SEVERE STORMS MAY ALSO AFFECT
THE EASTERN DAKOTAS...EASTERN COLORADO...AND PORTIONS OF
MINNESOTA...IOWA AND MISSOURI.

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.

..GUYER/HALES.. 06/05/2006
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