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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1154
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0212 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013
AREAS AFFECTED...SERN WY THROUGH WRN NEB
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY
VALID 211912Z - 212045Z
PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...80 PERCENT
SUMMARY...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY FROM SERN WY
INTO WRN NEB THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. TRENDS ARE BEING
MONITORED FOR A WW WHICH WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY 20-21Z. LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WIND APPEAR LIKELY...BUT A COUPLE TORNADOES CANNOT BE
RULED OUT.
DISCUSSION...HIGH BASED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED WITHIN THE DRY AND
DEEPLY MIXED REGIME OVER SERN WY. CONVECTIVELY REINFORCED BOUNDARY
EXTENDS FROM A SFC LOW IN NCNTRL NEB SWWD INTO SERN WY THEN NWWD
THROUGH ERN WY. THE SFC LAYER HAS BEEN CLOUDY AND RELATIVELY STABLE
ON COOL SIDE OF THIS BOUNDARY. HOWEVER...LOW CLOUDS ARE FINALLY
MIXING OUT WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING TO THE LOW 80S WITHIN MOIST SFC
LAYER NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY SUPPORTING 2000-2500 J/KG MLCAPE. HIGH
BASED STORMS MAY INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE EWD INTO THE MOIST AND
UNSTABLE REGIME. OTHER STORMS MAY INITIATE ALONG THE BOUNDARY OVER
WRN NEB. THIS REGION RESIDES ALONG THE SRN PERIPHERY OF STRONGER
SWLY WINDS ALOFT WITH 40+ KT EFFECTIVE SHEAR SUPPORTIVE OF
SUPERCELLS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS...BUT A COUPLE TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT WHERE STORMS
INTERACT WITH THE MODIFYING BOUNDARY.
..DIAL/KERR.. 06/21/2013
ATTN...WFO...LBF...UNR...CYS...
LAT...LON 41340413 42530498 44170497 44240426 42780374 42720183
42140135 41440228 41340413
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