WWUS36 KMKC 170848
PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
0400 AM CDT MONDAY 17 APRIL 1995

..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTBREAK EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS...LOWER MISSOURI AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS.

THE STATES WHERE THE MOST ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR INCLUDE PARTS OF NORTHERN TEXAS...MUCH OF OKLAHOMA...THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF KANSAS...MUCH OF MISSOURI AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF ARKANSAS.

A LOW PRESSURE AREA CENTERED OVER SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD AND BE OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL TAKE A COLD FRONT EASTWARD ACROSS KANSAS..OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS SCENARIO WILL STRENGTHEN THE LOW LEVEL WINDS BRINGING VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR NORTHWARD ACROSS TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA INTO KANSAS AND MISSOURI. STRENGTHENING WINDS ALOFT WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

OVERNIGHT THE SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE DEEPENING AND TRACK NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHWESTERN IOWA TAKING THE COLD FRONT TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SPREADING THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT OVER SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

ALL PERSONS IN THE THREATENED AREAS ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES..AND TO LISTEN TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR THE AFFECTED AREAS AND SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY.

..JOE ROGASH/DAN MCCARTHY..
NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER..