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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0584
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0241 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009
AREAS AFFECTED...WRN IA...ERN NEB AND ERN KS
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY
VALID 261941Z - 262215Z
THIS DISCUSSION CONCERNS SVR TSTM WATCH 189 AND TORNADO WATCHES 190;
191.
19Z SFC ANALY SHOWS 2-3 MB PRESSURE FALLS CENTERED OVER ERN KS.
MESOLOW CONTINUES TO MIGRATE SLOWLY NEWD ALONG THE NEB-KS BORDER NW
OF KMHK. WRMFNT HAS DEVELOPED N OF I-80 WITH A BROAD WARM SECTOR
CHARACTERIZED BY CAPES RANGING FROM 1000 IN SRN IA TO 2000 J/KG IN
ERN KS. HBR PROFILER...RESIDING IN INFLOW REGION OF THE SFC
LOW...EXHIBITS OVER 225 M2/S2 OF 0-1KM SRH AND 50+ KTS OF BULK
SHEAR. WITH MINIMAL CINH NOTED ACROSS THE REGION...TSTMS WILL
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SLOWLY TRANSLATE ENE ACROSS THE DISCUSSION
AREA THRU LATE AFTN.
CONVECTIVE MODE WILL CONTINUE TO BE MESSY WITH NUMEROUS STORMS BEING
GENERATED WITH VARIOUS COMPLEX MERGERS. OBVIOUSLY... MAGNITUDE OF
SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN CONDUCIVE FOR HIGH PCPN SUPERCELLS
CAPABLE OF STRONG TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS.
THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE TRUE ACROSS ERN KS SWD WHERE BEST
JUXTAPOSITION OF RICH MOISTURE INFLUX AND SHEAR WILL EXIST.
HOWEVER...FARTHER N...INSTABILITY GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP NWD WITH
TIME AND TORNADOES...DMGG WINDS AND HAIL RISKS WILL SPREAD ACROSS
CNTRL/NRN IA THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
FINALLY...THERE WILL BE A LARGE HAIL THREAT ACROSS ERN NEB AND NWRN
IA AS LEFT-SPLITS OF SUPERCELLS DEVIATE AND MOVE ATOP THE COLDER
BOUNDARY LAYER.
..RACY.. 04/26/2009
ATTN...WFO...DMX...EAX...FSD...OAX...TOP...ICT...GID...DDC...
LAT...LON 40939414 40369485 38569604 37579682 37109749 37279930
39489820 40179760 42319685 43389557 43279360 42499299
40939414
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