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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1142 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN
PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE
NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI AND MISSOURI RIVER
VALLEYS.
INTENSE MID AND UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL FEED OFF OF A VERY WARM AND
HUMID AIR MASS OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THIS IS EXPECTED TO SUPPORT WIDESPREAD SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...LIKELY IN THE FORM OF ONE OR MORE COMPLEXES OF
STORMS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD AND POSSIBLY SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE.
THESE SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH MUCH
OF THE PERIOD ALONG A SURFACE WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM PARTS OF
NORTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORM OF SUPERCELLS...ARE ALSO
EXPECTED OVER A LARGER AREA AS THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...WITH THREATS OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.
THIS IS POTENTIALLY A 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.
..LEVIT.. 07/28/2008
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