PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
0930 AM CST WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 15 1989

..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTBREAK EXPECTED TODAY FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES.

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI IS FORECASTING AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES TODAY INTO TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND PARTS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES.

THE STATES WHICH ARE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE BRUNT OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INCLUDE PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS ... EASTERN LOUISIANA ... MISSISSIPPI ... ALABAMA ... TENNESSEE ... KENTUCKY ... GEORGIA ... AND PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA.

AN OUTBREAK OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH SEVERAL AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHWARD ALONG THE COLD FRONT FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ACROSS THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS TO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR NORTHWARD INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN EXPLOSIVE CONFRONTATION OF AIR MASSES.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY ACROSS WESTERN TENNESSEE...EASTERN ARKANSAS...WESTERN MISSISSIPPI TO EASTERN LOUISIANA. LINES OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND THE CENTRAL GULF COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDSTORMS.

ALL PERSONS IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES...AND LISTEN TO RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION FOR THE AFFECTED AREAS AND SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY.

..LARRY WILSON..