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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0512
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0442 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010
AREAS AFFECTED...SRN/ERN KS...MUCH OF OK...SWRN MO...NWRN AR
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 147...148...
VALID 102142Z - 102245Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 147...148...CONTINUES.
...NEW TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ISSUED SOON FOR PORTIONS OF SERN
KS...SWRN MO...NERN OK...NWRN AR...
RAPID BOUNDARY LAYER RECOVERY IS UNDERWAY ACROSS SCNTRL KS INTO NERN
OK AHEAD OF SFC LOW ALONG THE KS/OK BORDER WEST OF PNC. FOCUSED
PRESSURE FALLS ARE NOTED JUST AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE WITH 2 HOUR
FALLS ON THE ORDER OF 4-7MB. NEEDLESS TO SAY SHEAR AND
THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS ARE UNUSUALLY STRONG AND VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
VIOLENT TORNADIC SUPERCELLS. LATEST RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST EARLIER
ISOLATED ACTIVITY IS NOW MORE CONCENTRATED AND FOCUSED ALONG SURGING
DRYLINE WITH AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN STRONG TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING
SUPERCELLS...A FEW WITH POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES...FROM
KINGMAN COUNTY KS...ARCING TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF OKC IN SWRN
OKLAHOMA.
LATEST THINKING IS SPEED/MOVEMENT OF CURRENT ACTIVITY WILL REQUIRE
AN ADDITIONAL TORNADO WATCH TO BE ISSUED OVER SERN KS/SWRN MO/NERN
OK/NWRN AR SHORTLY.
..DARROW.. 05/10/2010
ATTN...WFO...SGF...TSA...TOP...ICT...OUN...DDC...
LAT...LON 38909776 38669583 37159468 35329539 34109773 34619858
36669759 38049856 38909776
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