Significant Severe Weather Outbreak Possible This Weekend

Special Weather Statement from the National Weather Service:

457 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2008

…A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF
THE MID SOUTH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT…

LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SATURDAY AND
MOVE INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT WHILE A WARM
FRONT SURGES NORTHWARD INTO THE MID SOUTH. THIS WILL BRING A
WARM…MOIST…AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS INTO THE REGION AHEAD OF A
STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WELL AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY IN ADVANCE
OF THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. THE
MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS…LARGE HAIL…AND TORNADOES.
THE POTENTIAL WILL ALSO EXIST FOR A FEW STRONG TORNADOES.

MID-SOUTHERNERS SHOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.