MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0551
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0414 AM CDT FRI APR 04 2008
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NORTH/CENTRAL TX
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 160...
   
   VALID 040914Z - 041045Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 160
   CONTINUES.
   
   SEVERE TSTM WATCH 160 CONTINUES UNTIL 15Z...WITH A RISK OF LARGE
   HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...PORTIONS OF SEVERE TSTM WATCH
   158 HAVE BEEN LOCALLY EXTENDED UNTIL 12Z ACROSS NORTH TX FOR A RISK
   OF LARGE HAIL...REFERENCE WFO FWD WCN PRODUCT FOR DETAILS. WILL
   MONITOR DOWNSTREAM ACROSS CENTRAL/EAST CENTRAL TX OVER THE NEXT
   SEVERAL HOURS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ADDITIONAL WATCH OR
   REPLACEMENT.
   
   COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO STEADILY ADVANCE SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTH
   CENTRAL TX EARLY THIS MORNING. SOUTH OF THE FRONT WITHIN WW 160...A
   NUMBER OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS CONTINUE
   TO DEVELOP EASTWARD TOWARD THE I-35 CORRIDOR...WITH A CONTINUED RISK
   OF LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. EVEN AS
   THE COLD FRONT GRADUALLY INTERCEPTS/UNDERCUTS THESE STORMS FROM
   NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL TX THIS MORNING...POTENTIAL WILL STILL
   REMAIN FOR ELEVATED SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL WITHIN ABOUT 50 MILES
   BEHIND THE SURFACE FRONT. IT APPEARS AN ADDITIONAL /OR REPLACEMENT/
   WATCH COULD EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED LATER THIS MORNING FOR THE
   REMAINDER OF THE HILL COUNTRY/CENTRAL TX.
   
   ..GUYER.. 04/04/2008
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...SHV...HGX...FWD...EWX...SJT...
   
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