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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0737
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0515 PM CDT SUN MAY 06 2012
AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL TX
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY
VALID 062215Z - 062315Z
PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...20 PERCENT
SUMMARY...ISOLATED STORMS MAY FORM ALONG THE DRYLINE AND REMNANT
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ACROSS CNTRL TX. ALTHOUGH DMGG WINDS AND HAIL MAY
BE POSSIBLE...COVERAGE WILL LIKELY BE INSUFFICIENT TO WARRANT A WW.
DISCUSSION...12Z SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE TX/OK AREA THIS MORNING SHOWED
A VERY SHALLOW MOIST LAYER JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE. AMPLE SURFACE
HEATING HAS GENERALLY RESULTED IN THE EROSION OF THIS LAYER...WITH A
WELL MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER AND MUCH LOWER DEW POINT VALUES MIXING TO
THE SURFACE. AS SUCH...ONLY WEAK MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY REMAINS
SURROUNDING THE DRYLINE. 22Z WV IMAGERY REFLECTS AN AREA OF IMPLIED
FORCING FOR ASCENT FROM WRN OK INTO SWRN TX...WHICH MAY BE
SUFFICIENT FOR INITIATION/CONTINUANCE OF A FEW STORMS ALONG THE
DRYLINE...WITH MARGINAL WIND AND HAIL POTENTIAL ASSOCIATED WITH
STORMS THAT CAN BECOME SUSTAINED.
FARTHER EAST...YESTERDAY/S CONVECTION APPEARS TO HAVE LEFT TWO
REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES OVER CNTRL TX...WHERE AN ISOLATED STORM
HAS FORMED IN LAMPASAS COUNTY. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY IS GREATER IN
THIS AREA...COVERAGE MAY INITIALLY BE LIMITED AMIDST SHORT WAVE
RIDGING BETWEEN THE EXITING UPPER FEATURE OVER ERN TX AND THE
AFOREMENTIONED APPROACHING ONE. AS SUCH...ONLY A LIMITED TEMPORAL
THREAT MAY EXIST BEFORE NOCTURNAL COOLING BEGINS TO STABILIZE THE
AREA.
..HURLBUT/THOMPSON.. 05/06/2012
ATTN...WFO...FWD...OUN...EWX...SJT...
LAT...LON 34349902 33679872 33039873 32399877 31799839 31099777
30719778 30499845 30329920 30579987 30820077 30580133
30960134 31760075 33099981 34169925 34349902
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