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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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