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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0429
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0301 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013
AREAS AFFECTED...AR INTO SERN MO AND SRN IL
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 89...90...
VALID 102001Z - 102200Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 89...90...CONTINUES.
SUMMARY...THE SEVERE THREAT CONTINUES TO INCREASE SLOWLY...WITH
TORNADOES AND HAIL THE MAIN THREATS.
DISCUSSION...RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS STORMS INCREASING FROM THE ARKLATEX
NNEWD ACROSS WRN AR ALONG OR JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WHICH
WAS MOVING EWD AT AROUND 10 KT. THESE CELLS HAVE SHOWN WEAK CYCLONIC
SHEAR NEAR THE UPDRAFT BASES...AND ARE GENERALLY INCREASING IN
NUMBER. THE LZK HODOGRAPH CONTINUES TO IMPROVE WITH 0-1 SRH AROUND
200 M2/S2. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE FORMING NEAR THE ANALYZED
SURFACE LOW NEAR TXK...WITH THE SHV VWPS SHOWING STRONGER WINDS IN
THE LOW LEVELS. AS SHEAR CONTINUES TO IMPROVE...SOME OF THESE CELLS
MAY INTENSIFY AND PRODUCE TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL AS THEY DEVELOP
NEWD ACROSS CNTRL AND NRN AR.
OTHER CELLS WERE FORMING IN THE WARM SECTOR FROM NERN AR INTO SERN
MO...WITH MESOCYCLONES NOTED ON RADAR. THE ENVIRONMENT HERE ALSO
REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL AND
TORNADOES...ALTHOUGH THE MOST DANGEROUS THREAT IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AS THE LOW DEEPENS AND LOW LEVEL JET
INTENSIFIES.
..JEWELL.. 04/10/2013
ATTN...WFO...PAH...ILX...MEG...JAN...LSX...LZK...SGF...SHV...
LAT...LON 36548971 32989146 33009420 36529256 36549273 38799103
38788803 36548971
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