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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
600 AM CDT SUNDAY 26 MAY 1996

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

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN KANSAS CITY IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND A FEW TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE STATES MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE BRUNT OF THE SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDE CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS...MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS.

A LOW PRESSURE CENTER DEVELOPING OVER WEST TEXAS THIS MORNING WILL INTENSIFY AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS KANSAS TODAY...BEFORE REACHING SOUTHERN NEBRASKA EARLY MONDAY.

AT THE SAME TIME...A STRONG JET STREAM DISTURBANCE NOW OVER NEW MEXICO WILL SWEEP NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE PLAINS. THE COMBINATION OF THE SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL WINDS AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPING LOW...ALONG WITH INCREASING HIGH-LEVEL WESTERLY WINDS SUPPLIED BY THE JET STREAM...WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF TEXAS...OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS.

ALTHOUGH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY PRESENT OVER PARTS OF THE PLAINS THIS MORNING...THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BECOME MORE INTENSE AND WIDESPREAD LATER TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES MORE CONDUCIVE FOR SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE...BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT.

MORE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS...AS WELL AS OVER PARTS OF THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY AND THE CAROLINAS.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO KEEP AND EYE ON THE SKY AND REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES. PERSONS SHOULD ALSO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES... WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

...STEPHEN CORFIDI...
STORM PREDICTION CENTER