MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0844
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0602 PM CDT FRI MAY 09 2008
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...ERN WY...SWRN SD...WRN NEB...NERN CO AND NWRN KS
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 287...288...
   
   VALID 092302Z - 100100Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
   287...288...CONTINUES.
   
   THREAT FOR SVR TSTMS WILL REMAIN GREATEST OVER ERN HALF OF WW 287
   AND MOST OF WW 288 THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ALTHOUGH LARGE
   HAIL/DMGG WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...A BRIEF/WEAK TORNADO
   WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY LONG LIVED/DISCRETE SUPERCELLS.
   
   LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS STRONGLY BACKED SFC WINDS AND AN AREA OF
   CONCENTRATED PRESSURE FALLS OVER SWRN NEB/NERN CO AND FAR NWRN KS. A
   DISCRETE SUPERCELL OVER THE NERN CO/SWRN NEB CORNER WILL LIKELY BE
   SUSTAINED GIVEN STRONG S-R INFLOW INTO THIS STORM. THIS SVR TSTM
   WILL LIKELY MOVE OUT OF WW 287/288 BY 00Z...AND A LOCAL EXTENSION OF
   WW 287/288 MAY BE NEEDED BEFORE THEN. HOWEVER...THE INSTABILITY
   GRADIENT OVER WRN NEB/SWRN SD SHOULD ONLY SLOWLY MOVE EWD THIS
   EVENING AS THE LOW LEVEL JET AXIS REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE REGION.
   THUS THE SVR THREAT SHOULD REMAIN WITHIN 2 ROWS OF COUNTIES EAST OF
   WW 288/287 THROUGH 03Z. FURTHER WEST...CONVECTION MOVING OUT OF
   CENTRAL WY HAS NOT STRENGTHENED AS PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED ONCE
   MOVING INTO WRN PORTIONS OF WW 287. THIS IS MOST LIKELY ATTRIBUTED
   TO STABILIZATION BY EARLIER CONVECTION...AND MAY BE REMOVED FROM WW
   287 BY 00Z IF CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE.
   
   OVER THE SRN 2/3RDS OF WW 288...SATELLITE TRENDS INDICATE ADDITIONAL
   SVR TSTM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE THROUGH 00Z GIVEN FOCUSED
   CONVERGENCE INVOF A SFC DRYLINE EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF GLD TO
   NORTH OF AKO AND INCREASING LARGE SCALE ASCENT/MINIMAL CINH.
   
   ..CROSBIE.. 05/09/2008
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...LBF...UNR...GLD...BOU...CYS...
   
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