MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2039
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0901 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...S CENTRAL INTO ERN KS / PARTS OF W CENTRAL AND NWRN
   MO
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 736...
   
   VALID 200201Z - 200300Z
   
   SEVERE THREAT CONTINUES TO DECREASE ACROSS THIS AREA.
   
   THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE SRN HALF OF WW...THOUGH STRONGEST
   CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS -- OVER E CENTRAL KS/W CENTRAL MO -- ARE NOW
   BEING UNDERCUT BY OUTFLOW.  THIS SUGGESTS THAT POTENTIAL FOR
   DAMAGING WINDS IS DECREASING.  MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORM
   CLUSTERS NOW APPEAR TO BE MARGINAL HAIL...AS WELL AS LOCALLY VERY
   HEAVY RAINFALL -- PARTICULARLY OVER THE NRN KANSAS CITY METRO AREA
   WHERE SOME TRAINING OF ECHOES WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.
   
   ELSEWHERE...MAIN SEVERE THREAT REMAINS MARGINAL HAIL...THOUGH THREAT
    IS LIMITED DUE PRIMARILY TO WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT /H5
   TEMPERATURES NEAR -4 C/.  WITH THREAT EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DECREASE
   WITH TIME...NEW WW ISSUANCE IS NOT EXPECTED ATTM UPON THE 20/03Z
   EXPIRATION OF WW 736.
   
   ..GOSS.. 08/20/2005
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...EAX...TOP...ICT...OUN...DDC...AMA...
   
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