ZCZC SPCSWOMCD ALL ACUS11 KWNS 261444 SPC MCD 261444 IAZ000-MNZ000-NEZ000-SDZ000-261615- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1467 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0944 AM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 AREAS AFFECTED...SERN SD...NERN NEB AND NWRN IA CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE VALID 261444Z - 261615Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...40 PERCENT SUMMARY...STORMS MAY PERSIST AND CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND EVENTUALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AS THEY DEVELOP SEWD THROUGH SERN SD...NERN NEB AND NWRN IA. TRENDS ARE BEING MONITORED FOR A WW. DISCUSSION...EARLY THIS MORNING A CLUSTER OF STORMS WITH OCCASIONAL LARGE HAIL SIGNATURES WAS LOCATED JUST NW OF SIOUX FALLS SD AREA. THE STORMS ARE CURRENTLY ELEVATED. HOWEVER...THE DOWNSTREAM BOUNDARY LAYER IS VERY MOIST WITH LOW 70S DEWPOINTS AND WILL EXPERIENCE CONSIDERABLE DIABATIC WARMING OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WHILE EVOLUTION OF THIS MCS IS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN...CONCERN IS THAT STORMS WILL HAVE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SURFACE BASED AS THEY DEVELOP SEWD. MID-UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN WITHIN ZONE OF HEIGHT FALLS ASSOCIATED WITH SEWD MOVING UPPER LOW CENTERED JUST NORTH OF THE ND BORDER. EFFECTIVE SHEAR OF 50-60 KT...MODERATE CAPE AND STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL SUPPORT ORGANIZED STORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS AND BOWING SEGMENTS. ..DIAL/HART.. 07/26/2014 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...DMX...FSD...OAX...LBF... LAT...LON 43439774 43649628 42889389 41829386 41409613 42469823 43129845 43439774 NNNN