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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0568
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0531 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014
AREAS AFFECTED...S-CNTRL NEB...WRN KS...NW OK
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 142...143...
VALID 112231Z - 120000Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 142...143...CONTINUES.
SUMMARY...SEVERAL SUPERCELLS ARE UNDERWAY ACROSS WRN KS INTO S-CNTRL
NEB...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN SHORT-TERM THREAT.
SOME INCREASE IN TORNADO THREAT MAY OCCUR TOWARDS EVENING WITH ANY
REMAINING DISCRETE CELLS.
DISCUSSION...AT 22Z...LOW PRESSURE IS LOCATED OVER N-CNTRL KS...WITH
A DIFFUSE DRYLINE EXTENDING TO THE SSW OF THE SFC LOW. A COLD FRONT
LIES TO JUST TO THE WEST OF THE DRYLINE FROM THE OK PANHANDLE NEWD
TOWARD THE SFC LOW AND THEN NEWD INTO NERN NEB. DISCRETE SUPERCELLS
ARE ONGOING AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE...WITH SOME RECENT REDEVELOPMENT
NOTED FURTHER WEST WHERE THE COLD FRONT IS INTERSECTING THE DRYLINE.
STRONG INSTABILITY AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
SUPERCELLS WITH A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES IN
DIAMETER...AS WELL AS SOME THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. THE TORNADO
THREAT WILL BE LIMITED BY LARGE T/TD SPREADS IN THE NEAR
TERM...THOUGH AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER COOLS AND THE LOW-LEVEL JET
INCREASES TOWARD EVENING...SOME INCREASE IN TORNADO THREAT IS
POSSIBLE BY 00Z WITH ANY DISCRETE CELLS. MORE LINEAR DEVELOPMENT IS
POSSIBLE ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT ADVANCES SEWD...WITH A THREAT OF
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
PLEASE REFER TO MCD 566 FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING A DANGEROUS
TORNADIC SUPERCELL APPROACHING LINCOLN NE TO THE NORTHEAST OF THIS
MCD AREA.
..DEAN.. 05/11/2014
ATTN...WFO...OAX...TOP...ICT...OUN...GID...DDC...GLD...AMA...
LAT...LON 37020050 38060017 38759983 39749927 40099904 40459880
40629849 40739809 40599770 40319712 39929712 39519718
38669748 37889782 37359811 37029835 36709870 36419899
36159942 36169986 36240027 36410054 36600064 37020050
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