MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1552
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1021 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NRN MO / W-CENTRAL IL
   
   CONCERNING...HEAVY RAINFALL 
   
   VALID 250321Z - 250415Z
   
   A ZONE OF HEAVY RAINFALL APPEARS PROBABLE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS
   ACROSS NRN MO INTO W-CENTRAL IL.  
   
   AT 0315Z...REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY SHOWED AN MCV-INDUCED BAND OF
   THUNDERSTORMS ORIENTED WEST TO EAST FROM 30 MI S LWD TO 35 MI E UIN.
    RECENT REDEVELOPMENT ON THE WRN EDGE OF THE ONGOING CONVECTION WILL
   LIKELY TRAIN AS STORMS MOVE EWD.  LTH PROFILER HAS SAMPLED THE 850MB
   JET WELL THE PAST FEW HRS...AND THIS SHOULD SERVE AS THE PRIMARY
   MOISTURE TRANSPORT MECHANISM INTO THE REGION.  SEASONABLY HIGH PWATS
   IN EXCESS OF 1.5 INCHES /00Z TOP RAOB/ SUGGEST THE STORMS SHOULD BE
   EFFICIENT RAINFALL PRODUCERS.  AS A RESULT...HEAVY RAINFALL IN
   EXCESS OF 2 INCHES/HR APPEAR POSSIBLE IN AREAS.
   
   ..SMITH.. 06/25/2008
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...ILX...LSX...DVN...EAX...
   
   40279405 40529353 40479262 40409144 40209027 40049007
   39899002 39729029 39689070 39729194 39799265 39869315
   39909354 39979391 40099404