MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0801
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0632 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2008
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...WESTERN/CENTRAL KS
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 268...
   
   VALID 062332Z - 070100Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 268
   CONTINUES.
   
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 268 CONTINUES UNTIL 03Z. AN ADDITIONAL
   WATCH COULD BE NEEDED IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL
   KS. PRIMARY RISK IS LARGE HAIL...ALTHOUGH A DAMAGING WIND THREAT MAY
   INCREASE THIS EVENING.
   
   QUASI-LINEAR CLUSTERS CONTINUE TO EVOLVE ACROSS SEVERE TSTM WATCH
   268 EARLY THIS EVENING....MOST NOTABLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KS WITHIN
   A CORRIDOR BETWEEN DODGE CITY AND HAYS. FARTHER NORTH...ADDITIONAL
   STRONG/SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTHWEST KS.
   OVERALL SCENARIO THROUGH MID EVENING WILL BE FOR CONTINUED STORM
   CONSOLIDATION WITH EVOLUTION OF ONE OR MORE STRONG/SEVERE MCS
   CLUSTERS ACROSS WESTERN INTO CENTRAL KS...AND PERHAPS OUT OF NEB PER
   SPC MCD 800. A SOMEWHAT MORE STABLE AIRMASS DOES RESIDE ACROSS
   CENTRAL KS...HOWEVER EXPECTED EXPANSION/EVOLUTION OF MESOSCALE COLD
   POOLS...ALONG WITH AN INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL JET...WILL
   FAVOR MCS SUSTENANCE WITH EAST-SOUTHEAST PROPAGATION THROUGH THE
   EVENING.
   
   ..GUYER.. 05/06/2008
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...TOP...ICT...GID...DDC...GLD...
   
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