MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1376
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0248 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004
AREAS AFFECTED...NW TX THROUGH CNTRL AND SRN OK
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 506...
VALID 220748Z - 220815Z
PRIMARY THREAT APPEARS TO HAVE TRANSITIONED TO HEAVY RAIN WITH MCS
MOVING SEWD THROUGH NW TX AND OK. SOME THREAT FOR ISOLATED STRONG
WIND GUSTS MAY STILL EXIST NEXT HOUR OR TWO...MAINLY WITH PART OF
LINE FROM NW TX INTO SW OK. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME OVERALL THREAT
DOES NOT APPEAR TO WARRANT ANOTHER WW SE OF WW 506 WHICH WILL EXPIRE
AT 08Z.
STRONGEST SEWD SURGE AND PRESSURE RISES REMAIN WITH PART OF LINE
FROM NW TX INTO SW OK. HOWEVER...LATEST RADAR DATA SHOW THE SURFACE
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY HAS SURGED AHEAD OF SOME OF THE CONVECTION IN THIS
AREA...AND OVERALL REFLECTIVITY TRENDS HAVE BEEN DOWN. THE
ATMOSPHERE IMMEDIATELY S OF THE STORMS ACROSS NW TX INTO SRN OK IS
ONLY MARGINALLY UNSTABLE. MOREOVER...NEW STORMS ARE BEGINNING TO
DEVELOP IN WARM ADVECTION ZONE DOWNSTREAM FROM THE LINE. THESE
FACTORS WOULD SUGGEST REINTENSIFICATION OF THE LINE NEXT FEW HOURS
IS UNLIKELY. SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
ACROSS NRN TX...AND S OF THIS BOUNDARY THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MORE
UNSTABLE WITH MUCAPE FROM 1500 TO 2000 J/KG. AS STORMS DEVELOP SWD
TOWARD N CNTRL TX AND INTERCEPT SLIGHTLY STRONGER INSTABILITY...
THERE IS SOME CHANCE FOR A RENEWED INTENSIFICATION LATER THIS
MORNING.
..DIAL.. 06/22/2004
ATTN...WFO...FWD...OUN...SJT...LUB...
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