WWUS36 KMKC 131613
PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
1100 AM CDT SATURDAY MAY 13 1995

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...

THE STATES MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE BRUNT OF THE SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDE...
CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI
MOST OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN IOWA
AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS

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

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA WILL MOVE TOWARD SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTHWARD FROM THE LOW WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI AND LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEYS WITH THE COOL DRY AIR BEHIND THE FRONT ACTING TO LIFT THE WARM AND VERY HUMID AIR ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM WILL ALSO FLOW OVER THE REGION AND PROVIDE A FAVORABLE VERTICAL WIND STRUCTURE THAT WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT.

CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH SOME OF THE STORMS PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...INCLUDING POSSIBLY A FEW STRONG TORNADOES...AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL.

MORE ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER REMAINING PORTIONS OF IOWA...SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... INDIANA... KENTUCKY ...TENNESSEE ...NORTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA.

A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE OCCURRED THIS MORNING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY AND MIDDLE AND EASTERN PARTS OF TENNESSEE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS UNTIL 500 PM EDT.

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 LATER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEVERE STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS AS THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION UNFOLDS.

...STEVEN WEISS...
NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER