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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK..TIME COR..
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
1015 AM CDT SATURDAY 27 AUGUST 1994

..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTBREAK EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES..

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI IS FORECASTING AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES.

THE STATES WHERE THE MOST ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR INCLUDE MOST OF MINNESOTA..ALL OF WISCONSIN..UPPER MICHIGAN..PARTS OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND PARTS OF
NORTHEASTERN IOWA.

A LOW PRESSURE AREA CENTERED WEST OF ABERDEEN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST BY NORTHEAST TODAY AND END UP EARLY THIS EVENING WEST OF DULUTH MINNESOTA. THIS LOW WILL DEEPEN AND WILL CAUSE STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL WINDS TO BRING VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR NORTHWARD INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND WESTERN GREAT LAKES. STRENGTHENING WINDS ALOFT WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES.

OVERNIGHT THE SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE DEEPENING AND TRACK EASTWARD INTO SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO AND THUS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT OVER EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR AND NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN AND SURROUNDING LAND AREAS.

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

..JIM HENDERSON..
NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER..