PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0522 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE OZARKS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE LOWER TENNESSEE AND LOWER OHIO VALLEYS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG...LONG-TRACK TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE OZARKS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE LOWER TENNESSEE AND LOWER OHIO VALLEYS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE ARKANSAS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SOUTHERN INDIANA WESTERN KENTUCKY NORTHERN AND EASTERN LOUISIANA SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI WEST TENNESSEE ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM...THE WESTERN GULF COAST NORTH INTO THE LOWER MISSOURI AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THE STRONG JET STREAM DISTURBANCE IN PART RESPONSIBLE FOR YESTERDAY'S AND THIS MORNING'S INTENSE STORMS IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA WILL CONTINUE NORTHEAST INTO IOWA AND MISSOURI BY EARLY FRIDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISTURBANCE...NOW NEAR TULSA...WILL STRENGTHEN AND MOVE TO NEAR DES MOINES. A BROAD CURRENT OF SOUTHERLY WINDS SPREADING NORTH AHEAD OF THE OKLAHOMA LOW WILL FEED VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI...LOWER OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME...A BELT OF 130 MPH JET STREAM WINDS SKIRTING THE EDGE OF THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SWEEP NORTH AND EAST INTO PARTS OF ARKANSAS...MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASINGLY WARM AND HUMID AIR WITH VERY STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS THAT CHANGE DIRECTION WITH HEIGHT WILL CREATE A FAVORABLE SETUP FOR LONG-LIVED ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE SUPERCELL STORMS WILL CONTINUE EAST AND NORTH INTO ARKANSAS...SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA FROM OVERNIGHT ACTIVITY IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. OTHER STORMS LIKELY WILL FORM LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI ...TENNESSEE...KENTUCKY...ILLINOIS AND INDIANA. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG AND POSSIBLY LONG-LIVED TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ELSEWHERE...A SEPARATE AREA OF SEVERE STORMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS...MAY FORM THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS...SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THESE MAY YIELD HAIL...LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO OR TWO THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. 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.

Mr. Red Foley…..

the possibility of tornadoes within 25 miles of a given point…

the possibility of 3/4 inch hail or larger within 25 miles of a given point..

the possibility of winds 50 knots or higher within 25 miles of a given point..

Mr. Faron Young and Willie Nelson..