PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1131 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS
OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
NORTHERN ALABAMA
NORTHERN GEORGIA
FAR SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE
ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM...MISSISSIPPI NORTH
AND EAST INTO PARTS OF KENTUCKY...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINA...AND
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA.
THE INTENSE UPPER LEVEL STORM THAT PRODUCED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND
EXTREME WILD FIRE CONDITIONS OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND
SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE YESTERDAY WILL CONTINUE EAST ACROSS THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY AND THE CAROLINAS THROUGH TONIGHT.
AT LOWER LEVELS AHEAD OF THE STORM......WARM AND INCREASINGLY MOIST
AIR WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO ALABAMA... GEORGIA...EAST
TENNESSEE...AND PARTS OF THE CAROLINAS.
AT THE SAME TIME...A SEPARATE BAND OF VERY STRONG JET STREAM WINDS
WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA ON THE PERIPHERY OF
THE UPPER STORM.
THE COMBINATION OF STRENGTHENING WINDS AND INCREASING MOISTURE WILL
CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROTATING
THUNDERSTORMS/SUPERCELLS AS DAYTIME HEATING FURTHER DESTABILIZES
PARTS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES LATER TODAY. THE EXPECTED
INTENSITY OF THE STORMS...AND THEIR LIKELY LONGEVITY ...SUGGESTS
THAT SOME COULD YIELD STRONG TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO VERY LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
MOST OF THE SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS MAY PERSIST
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY IN THE CAROLINAS.
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.
..EVANS.. 04/10/2009
Three people were killed last night in Mena, AR (far western part of the state).
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lzk/html/svr0409b.htm
The hardest hit areas so far today are central Tennessee and northern Alabama. Damage has been reported in Murfreesboro.
