Severe Weather Threat Later Today

PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0540 AM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FROM MISSOURI EASTWARD INTO OHIO
LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF
THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN MISSOURI INTO ILLINOIS...INDIANA AND OHIO
LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

MUCH OF ILLINOIS
INDIANA
NORTHERN AND EASTERN MISSOURI
OHIO

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS AS WELL AS ACROSS THE APPALACHIAN STATES.

SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONGOING EARLY THIS MORNING
FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA ACROSS IOWA INTO ILLINOIS...FOCUSING ALONG A
WARM FRONT. THIS FRONT WILL REMAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS TODAY.
MEANWHILE...DAYTIME HEATING AND SOUTHWESTERLY SURFACE WINDS WILL
BRING VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR NORTHWARD ACROSS THIS FRONTAL
ZONE...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT. THE
PRESENCE OF MODERATELY STRONG WINDS ALOFT...AS WELL AS EMBEDDED
UPPER DISTURBANCES...WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE
CLUSTERS AND LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY
RIDE EASTWARD ALONG THE WARM FRONT. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE
TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
MISSOURI...ILLINOIS AND INDIANA. AN ISOLATED STRONG TORNADO CANNOT
BE RULED OUT.

THOSE IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER
SAFETY RULES AND TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS LATER TODAY.