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Severe Weather Outlook

PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1202 PM CDT WED MAY 02 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME VERY LARGE HAIL OVER PARTS OF
THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE:

• WESTERN IOWA
• SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
• CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA
• SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN A SWATH FROM THE
UPPER MIDWEST ACROSS LOWER MI AND NRN OH AND THEN SOUTHEAST ACROSS
VA AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.

SEVERAL COMPLEXES OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS. IN
THESE AREAS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND INCREASE
IN COVERAGE BY LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE SPREADING EAST THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING SWATHS OF DAMAGING WINDS...IN ADDITION TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF LARGE TO VERY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

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.

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