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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1142
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0504 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009
AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL/ERN KS
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY
VALID 152204Z - 152330Z
IT SEEMS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THAT AN ADDITIONAL TORNADO WW WILL BE
NEEDED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL/EASTERN KANSAS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR
TWO.
NORTHWARD ADVECTION OF VERY WARM ELEVATED MIXED LAYER AIR STILL
SEEMS TO BE SUPPRESSING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. BUT...AS A SIGNIFICANT MID-LEVEL IMPULSE
CONTINUES TO MIGRATE NORTHEASTWARD/EASTWARD INTO THE CREST OF
BROADER SCALE SOUTH CENTRAL STATES SUBTROPICAL RIDGING...AT LEAST
WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS SEEM LIKELY TO DEVELOP IN THE WARM SECTOR
ENVIRONMENT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL/EASTERN KANSAS. THIS
SEEMS PROBABLE BY 00Z...CONTINUING THROUGH THE 02-03Z TIME
FRAME...BEFORE PERHAPS PRIMARY CONVECTION EVOLVES/CONSOLIDATES
ALONG/NORTH OF THE FRONT IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA
BORDER. IN THE PRESENCE OF MODERATE TO STRONG POTENTIAL
INSTABILITY...DEEP LAYER SHEAR BENEATH 40 KT WESTERLY 500 MB FLOW
WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS. LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS SHOULD
BECOMING INCREASINGLY SUPPORTIVE OF TORNADIC POTENTIAL IN LINGERING
BOUNDARY LAYER BASED STORMS INTO EARLY EVENING...ON THE NOSE OF THE
NOCTURNALLY STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL JET.
..KERR.. 06/15/2009
ATTN...WFO...SGF...EAX...TOP...ICT...GID...DDC...
LAT...LON 39749793 39809686 39489532 38989473 37799501 37139561
37039702 37269820 38359858 39749793
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