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Mesoscale Discussion 1187
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1187
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0627 PM CDT SUN JUN 01 2003
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...WRN AND CENTRAL KS
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 457...
   
   VALID 012327Z - 020030Z
   
   ...WIND THREAT INCREASING ACROSS SWRN KS....
   
   LATEST SURFACE CHART SHOWS THE LEADING EDGE OF STRONG COLD POOL
   EXTENDS FROM EAST OF GLD SEWD INTO THE TX PANHANDLE NEAR DHT. BEHIND
   THIS LINE...TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING SOME 20-30 DEGREES WITH STRONG
   NWLY WINDS AND RAPIDLY RISING PRESSURES. THIS BOUNDARY WILL
   INTERSECT A LINE OF STORMS THAT EXTENDS FROM 50 NW GCK TO 15 NE EHA
   WITHIN THE HOUR. ALSO...SURFACE LOW IN THE OK PANHANDLE IS
   STRENGTHENING THE BOUNDARY FLOW AHEAD OF THE STORMS.
   
   THE LINE OF STORMS HAS BEEN MOVING EWD AT 20 KT...BUT SHOULD
   ACCELERATE EWD AS THE COLD POOL PUSHES IN FROM THE WEST. THE
   COMBINATION OF THE STRONG COLD AIR PUSH AND INCREASING SSELY
   BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS SUGGEST THE WIND THREAT WILL INCREASE WITH THIS
   LINE OF STORMS SHORTLY.
   
   LATER IN THE EVENING...THE STORMS SHOULD TURN SEWD INTO NWRN OK AS
   THE LOW LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS.
   
   ..IMY.. 06/01/2003
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...DDC...GLD...
   
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