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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1782
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1137 PM CDT TUE AUG 04 2009
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS SWRN AND EXTREME S-CENTRAL SD...NWRN
THROUGH CENTRAL NEB.
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 660...662...
VALID 050437Z - 050600Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
660...662...CONTINUES.
WW 662 SHOULD BE CONTINUED UNTIL PASSAGE OF ZONE OF STRONGEST
NEAR-SFC FLOW BEHIND LEADING EDGE OF MCS. WW 660 IS SCHEDULED TO
EXPIRE AT 05Z...AND LIKEWISE CAN BE CLEARED IN MEANTIME AS
CONVECTIVE/KINEMATIC TRENDS WARRANT. SVR TSTM THREAT MAY EXTEND SE
OF WW 662 DURING 08Z-10Z TIME FRAME. CONVECTIVE TRENDS WILL BE
MONITORED DURING NEXT 2-3 HOURS FOR POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL WW.
MCS WITH LONG HISTORY OF SVR WIND...AND WELL-DEVELOPED COLD
POOL...SHOULD TURN SOMEWHAT MORE SEWD ACROSS NWRN INTO CENTRAL NEB
DURING NEXT FEW HOURS. VERY STG PRESSURE PERTURBATION IS ANALYZED
WITH COLD POOL -- I.E. 6-9 MB PER 2 HR RISES INVOF CDR. 54 KT GUST
WAS MEASURED AT CDR AT 0316Z FROM TAIL-END ACTIVITY IN THIS
COMPLEX...WHICH ALSO MAY CARRY THREAT FOR TRANSIENT SUPERCELL
STRUCTURES WITH LARGE HAIL. COMPLEX SHOULD CONTINUE TO POSE PRIMARY
RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND CLOSE TO SFC MOIST AXIS AND LLJ...BUT SW OF
SFC-850 MB MOISTURE GRADIENT...EACH OF WHICH WAS EVIDENT IN PARALLEL
FROM PORTIONS CHERRY COUNTY NEB SEWD ACROSS CENTRAL NEB. NEW BOW
ECHO ALSO MAY EVOLVE FROM NEWER/SVR CONVECTION CLOSER TO SRN PORTION
OF CURRENT COMPLEX...AND MOVE SEWD TOWARD BBW AREA. IN ADDITION TO
FORWARD-PROPAGATION ALONG COLD POOL...FCST MOISTURE
FIELDS...EXPECTED VEERING OF LLJ NEAR TAIL END OF COMPLEX...AND
RESULTING ADJUSTMENT OF REAR-PROPAGATIONAL MCS MOTION VECTORS...ALSO
SUGGEST SOME BACKBUILDING COMPONENT POSSIBLY AFFECTING LBF AREA.
INFLOW-LAYER MOISTURE CONTENT AND BUOYANCY...AS WELL AS
STORM-RELATIVE LOW LEVEL FLOW...EACH WILL BE MAXIMIZED ROUGHLY ALONG
AXIS FROM TIF-BBW-HSI. KINEMATIC PROFILES WILL REMAIN
FAVORABLE...WITH 50-60 KT EFFECTIVE SHEAR VECTORS ALIGNED NEARLY
NORMAL TO PROJECTED MCS MOTION. MAIN LIMITING FACTOR WILL BE
INCREASING DEPTH OF NEAR-SFC STABLE LAYER DUE TO DIABATIC
COOLING...AND RESULTANT REDUCTION IN MLCAPE AND DCAPE.
HOWEVER...STG-SVR GUSTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO PENETRATE TO SFC GIVEN
ROBUST ORGANIZATION OF COLD POOL.
..EDWARDS.. 08/05/2009
ATTN...WFO...OAX...GID...LBF...UNR...CYS...
LAT...LON 43740121 41839731 40509764 40619964 42580301 43000188
43290138 43740121
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