MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1432
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0902 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTH CENTRAL OK AND FAR NORTH CENTRAL TX
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY 
   
   VALID 171402Z - 171500Z
   
   LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 KT WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
   SOUTH CENTRAL OK THROUGH 15Z.  IN ADDITION...AND LIKELY MORE OF A
   CONCERN...WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL RATES /2+ IN/HR/ ACCOMPANYING THE
   LEADING EDGE OF THE SWD MOVING MCS THIS MORNING.
   
   AT 1345Z...SATELLITE/RADAR IMAGERY INDICATED AN MCS MOVING SSEWD
   ACROSS OK.  TWO LINE SEGMENTS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE...NOW
   APPROACHING SOUTH CENTRAL OK...HAVE BOWED AT TIMES DURING THE LAST
   HOUR.  THE WRN MOST LINE EXTENDING FROM NRN COMANCHE TO SRN GRADY
   COUNTIES HAS MAINTAINED A SSEWD MOVEMENT OF 50 KT FOR THE LAST HALF
   HOUR...WHILE THE ERN LINE EXTENDING FROM MURRAY INTO PONTOTOC
   COUNTIES HAS INDICATED A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.  THE GREATEST
   POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY STRONG/DAMAGING WIND GUSTS /EXCEEDING 50 KT/
   SHOULD BE ALONG THE SWRN PART OF THE MCS AS A 25 KT SSWLY LLJ
   EXTENDING INTO THIS REGION MAINTAINS STORM ORGANIZATION THIS
   MORNING.  SHORT TERM MODELS SUGGEST THE MCS SHOULD DIMINISH IN
   INTENSITY BY LATE MORNING AS THE LLJ DECREASES IN SPEED AND VEERS TO
   SWLY.
   
   ..PETERS.. 06/17/2008
   
   
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