MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0060
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0122 PM CST SUN FEB 01 2004
AREAS AFFECTED...SRN KS AND NWRN OK
CONCERNING...FREEZING RAIN
VALID 011922Z - 012345Z
...FREEZING RAIN IS INCREASING IMMEDIATELY BEHIND COLD FRONT ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NWRN OK AND SRN KS...
INTENSIFICATION OF LARGER PRECIPITATION SHIELD IS OCCURRING OVER
CENTRAL OK WITH A CLASSIC BAROCLINIC LEAF STRUCTURE BEGINNING TO
EVOLVE. ALONG THE WRN PERIPHERY OF THIS EXPANDING
PRECIPITATION...SFC WIND SHIFT/FREEZING LINE IS BEGINNING TO SURGE
SEWD ACROSS OK...WITH FREEZING LINE HOLDING ACROSS KS ALONG I-35 NE
OF ICT. IT APPEARS A NARROW ZONE...ROUGHLY 30-60MI WIDE...OF
FREEZING RAIN WITH .05-.10 PER HOUR RATES WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT
3-6 HOURS. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD SPREAD/DEVELOP NEWD LATER THIS
EVENING INTO PORTIONS OF NERN KS AND WRN/MO.
..DARROW.. 02/01/2004
ATTN...WFO...TOP...ICT...OUN...DDC...
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