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Mesoscale Discussion 977
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0977
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0413 PM CDT SUN JUN 07 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTH CENTRAL KS INTO NORTHERN/WESTERN OK
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE 
   
   VALID 072113Z - 072215Z
   
   MONITORING FOR AN INCREASING SEVERE THREAT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH
   CENTRAL KS AND NORTHERN/WESTERN OK. IF AN UPSWING IN CONVECTIVE
   TRENDS CONTINUE...A WATCH COULD BE NEEDED WITHIN THE HOUR MAINLY FOR
   PORTIONS OF KS.
   
   SATELLITE IMAGERY REFLECTS AN INCREASING DEEP MIXED CU FIELD IN THE
   IMMEDIATE WAKE OF A MODESTLY ORGANIZED DRYLINE...THAT EXTENDS
   SOUTHWARD FROM A SOUTHWEST-NORTHEAST ORIENTED FRONT ACROSS KS. THIS
   DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY ATTRIBUTABLE TO SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVING
   WARMED WELL INTO THE 90S F AND GRADUAL MID LEVEL COOLING /PER 19Z
   DODGE CITY RAOB/ IN THE WAKE OF THE PRIOR MID LEVEL BAND OF
   CONVECTION /NOW ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KS AND CENTRAL OK/. IT SEEMS
   PROBABLE THAT THIS INCIPIENT DEVELOPMENT MAY BE THE FIRST SIGNS OF
   AN INCREASING SEVERE THREAT THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE
   FORM OF SEVERE HAIL/WIND...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH
   CENTRAL KS AND PERHAPS NORTH CENTRAL/NORTHWEST OK. WILL MONITOR
   DEVELOPMENTAL TRENDS FOR A POSSIBLE WATCH.
   
   ..GUYER.. 06/07/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...TOP...ICT...OUN...DDC...
   
   LAT...LON   37859980 39169793 36979712 35689933 37859980 
   
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