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Given model trends...it now appears a more substantial severe threat might develop from the srn plains into the lower-mid ms valley region thursday /day 5/ as the shortwave trough ejects enewd resulting in height falls across the warm sector and a strengthening llj. Storms may develop along the dryline and dryline/pacific front merger over the srn plains as well as farther east in the warm sector. Severe threat will likely spread ewd into the lower ms valley area by later thursday afternoon and evening.

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATER TODAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... ...THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATER TODAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE MUCH OF IOWA SOUTHERN MINNESOTA MUCH OF NEBRASKA SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT OVER PARTS OF...

PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0938 AM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE WESTERN IOWA EASTERN HALF OF NEBRASKA FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ELSEWHERE...ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SURROUNDING THE HIGH RISK FROM WESTERN KANSAS TO SOUTHERN WI. VERY WARM...MOIST AND BUOYANT AIRMASS IS SPREADING NORTHWARD...

Forecasters see no tropical storm activity Herald Staff Report MANATEE -- Hurricane watchers say today that the tropics are clear of potential tropical storms at least through Tuesday night. Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami say an area of showers east of Florida has diminished or merged with a frontal boundary, and the low-pressure area poses no threat. The hurricane center watches the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico for weather that could develop into dangerous storms during the 2007 hurricane season. Through the first month of the hurricane season, there has been little tropical weather.