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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0426 AM CST MON JAN 02 2006

VALID 021026Z - 021830Z

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST US
TODAY INTO EARLY TONIGHT.

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST US
TODAY INTO EARLY TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

       EASTERN ALABAMA
       FLORIDA PANHANDLE
       SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
       SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
       CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
       EASTERN TENNESSEE

SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND CENTRAL GULF
COAST TO THE COASTAL CAROLINAS.

POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM CONTINUES TO EVOLVE OVER THE MIDDLE PORTION OF
THE U.S. EARLY THIS MORNING.  THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD QUICKLY
EASTWARD TODAY AND SUPPORT WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER A
LARGE PORTION OF THE COUNTRY FROM THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY/SOUTHERN
GREAT LAKES SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND
COASTAL CAROLINAS.  AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS IS
OVERSPREADING THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES AND THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY THIS MORNING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.  THIS WARM
AND MOIST AIR MASS WILL ALSO OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE THREAT
AREA THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING EARLY THIS MORNING
ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI AND LOWER OHIO RIVER VALLEYS...AND
NEAR THE CENTRAL GULF COAST.  BOTH OF THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE DAY AS THEY MOVE
STEADILY EASTWARD.  WINDS NEAR THE SURFACE AND ALOFT REMAIN QUITE
STRONG AND WILL FAVOR SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES ACROSS MOST OF THIS
REGION.  A FEW STRONG AND DAMAGING TORNADOES APPEAR POSSIBLE INTO
SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA...CENTRAL AND
EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

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.

..EVANS.. 01/02/2006