MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1225
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0941 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 2003
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...SERN CO
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL 
   
   VALID 040241Z - 040445Z
   
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED ACROSS SERN QUARTER OF CO
   INTO EXTREME WRN KS..
   
   WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING AREAS OF E CENTRAL AND SERN CO INTO EXTREME
   WRN KS AS STG/SVR TSTMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SWD JUST E OF THE FRONT
   RANGE.	MESOSCALE ANALYSIS SHOWS SR HELICITY VALUES AROUND 250 M2/S2
   ENHANCED BY ELY FLOW IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER AND NWLY MID LEVEL FLOW. 
   DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS 35-40 KT OVER THE AREA INDICATING THAT SEVERE
   STORMS WILL CONTINUE SWD THROUGH SERN CO POSSIBLY INTO THE TX/OK
   PANHANDLES IN THE NEXT 3-6 HOURS AS ACTIVITY MOVES ALONG INSTABILITY
   GRADIENT.
   
   ..MCCARTHY.. 06/04/2003
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...DDC...GLD...PUB...BOU...ABQ...
   
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