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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38139944 37619914 37249935 37139970 37080073
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