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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
1015 AM CDT SUNDAY 7 MAY 1995

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY IS FORECASTING AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES.

THE STATES MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE BRUNT OF THE SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDE...

MOST OF NORTHERN TEXAS...INCLUDING THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN KANSAS

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHERE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW STRONG TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

WARM...VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE NORTHWARD THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN KANSAS AND EASTERN COLORADO. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL ADVANCE EASTWARD THROUGH WESTERN TEXAS INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...COLLIDING WITH THE WARMER MORE HUMID AIR AHEAD OF IT. IN ADDITION...THE JET STREAM WILL FLOW ACROSS THIS REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT PROVIDING FURTHER ENERGY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

THIS SITUATION WILL RESULT IN AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OF TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AND MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS. THE DANGER OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

MORE ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND/OR TONIGHT OVER REMAINING PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS...AS WELL AS OVER NEBRASKA...EASTERN COLORADO...AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...ARKANSAS...MISSOURI AND IOWA.

ALL PERSONS IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE STORM SAFETY RULES AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEVERE STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS AS THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION UNFOLDS.

...JOSEPH ROGASH...
NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER