Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 358 AM EDT Wed Apr 27 2016 Valid 12Z Wed Apr 27 2016 - 12Z Fri Apr 29 2016 ...There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms over the Middle?Lower Mississippi Valley and parts of the Western Gulf Coast... ...Heavy rain possible for parts of the Northern Plains and Western Ohio Valley... ...Heavy rain possible for parts of the Central Gulf Coast... A strong storm over the Central Plains will move eastward to the Eastern Ohio Valley by Thursday evening. The system will produce showers and thunderstorms along and ahead of the associated boundary from parts of the Central/Southern Plains and the Middle/Lower Mississippi Valley that will move eastward to the Mid-Atlantic/Eastern Ohio Valley to the Southeast and parts of the Central Gulf Coast by Thursday. Rain will also develop over parts of the Northern/Central Plains and the Northern High Plains through Thursday afternoon. Similarly, higher elevation snow and lower elevation rain will develop over parts of the Northern High Plains and Central Rockies through Thursday morning. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_wbg.php