MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0080
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1149 PM CST WED FEB 04 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL AND ERN TX
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 4...
   
   VALID 050549Z - 050715Z
   
   UPPER SPEED MAX CONTINUES TO TRANSLATE ENEWD INTO CNTRL TX WITH
   ASSOCIATED STEEPER MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES SPREADING ATOP ENHANCED
   MOISTURE JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE.  THIS HAS CONTRIBUTED TO SUFFICIENT
    ELEVATED INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT NUMEROUS TSTMS.  VERTICAL SHEAR IN
   THE CAPE BEARING LAYER HAS BEEN SUFFICIENT FOR ORGANIZED STORMS AND
   GIVEN RELATIVELY COOL COLUMN...LARGE HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO BE A
   THREAT.  
   
   ADDITIONAL BANDS OF TSTMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN THE HILL COUNTRY
   N/W OF KSAT AND WILL BE ROTATING ENEWD INTO THE WW THE NEXT FEW
   HOURS. THUS...THE HAIL THREAT WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE WW.
   
   ..RACY.. 02/05/2004
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...SHV...HGX...FWD...OUN...EWX...SJT...
   
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