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   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1143 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013
   
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
   AND ARKLATEX THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES...AND SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD
   DAMAGING WINDS/LARGE HAIL OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND
   ARKLATEX THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
          NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
          FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
          NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS
   
   ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THE LOWER MS VALLEY
   TO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND NORTHEAST.
   
   ONGOING CLUSTER OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS SRN OK INTO NWRN TX WILL
   DEVELOP E/SEWD ACROSS MOST OF N-CNTRL/NERN TX THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
   THIS ACTIVITY WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND SHOULD TAKE ON A
   LINEAR/BOWING SHAPE...POSSIBLY ACCELERATING AS IT REACHES THE
   ARKLATEX AREA IN THE EARLY EVENING. A VOLATILE COMBINATION OF
   INGREDIENTS MAY YIELD A SUBSTANTIAL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR
   POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD AND DESTRUCTIVE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL
   AND A FEW STRONG TORNADOES.
   
   STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS DEVELOPING
   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.
   
   ..GRAMS.. 05/21/2013
   
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