WWUS36 KMKC 271545
PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
1000 AM CST SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTBREAK EXPECTED TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...TENNESSEE VALLEY AND LOWER OHIO VALLEY...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI IS FORECASTING AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...TENNESSEE VALLEY AND LOWER OHIO VALLEY.

THE STATES WHICH ARE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE BRUNT OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INCLUDE:

PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
WESTERN KENTUCKY
MIDDLE AND WESTERN TENNESSEE
NORTHERN ALABAMA
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
NORTHERN LOUISIANA

AN INTENSE STORM IS MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. TODAY. IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM CENTER WHICH IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS IOWA THIS MORNING...VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IS RAPIDLY MOVING UP THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. VERY STRONG WINDS AT ALL LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE COMBINED WITH THE STRONG COLD FRONT SWEEPING EASTWARD THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON WILL TRIGGER AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES AS THEY INTERACT WITH THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS.

WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS. ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP FROM THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE WESTERN TENNESSEE VALLEY AND INTO NORTHERN LOUISIANA BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

TORNADOES ARE LIKELY IN THIS AREA ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING AT LEAST 60 MPH AND SPREAD ACROSS THE WESTERN TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

ALL PERSONS IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES...AND TO 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.

..JACK HALES..
NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER