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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
KANSAS CITY MO
400 AM CDT FRIDAY APRIL 26 1991
...OUTBREAK OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED
TODAY INTO TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES...
THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY
MISSOURI IS FORECASTING AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND
TORNADOES TODAY INTO TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
PLAINS AND THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY.
THE STATES WHICH ARE
MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE BRUNT OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND
TORNADO ACTIVITY INCLUDE MOST OF OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS...PARTS OF
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEBRASKA.
A LOW
PRESSURE AREA OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN RAPIDLY
AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE DAKOTAS BY TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE GREAT PLAINS TODAY INTERACTING
WITH A WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS.
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET
STREAM IS FORECAST TO EXTEND FROM NEW MEXICO ACROSS THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE INTO KANSAS AND IOWA...WHILE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AT THE
SURFACE BRING WARM AND MOIST AIR NORTHWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE
CENTRAL UNITED STATES. THIS SITUATION LIKELY WILL RESULT IN AN
OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND DAMAGING TORNADOES FROM
NEBRASKA ACROSS KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHERN TEXAS.
THERE IS ALSO A LIKELIHOOD OF A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEBRASKA...SOUTHERN
SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...IOWA...MISSOURI...AND ARKANSAS.
IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER
SITUATION FOR PARTS OF OKLAHOMA...KANSAS...NORTHERN TEXAS...AND
SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
WEATHER SYSTEM AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
ALL PERSONS IN THE THREATENED
AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES...AND LISTEN TO
RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WATCHES OR WARNINGS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER
SITUATION FOR THE AFFECTED AREAS AND SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY.
...LARRY WILSON...
NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER |