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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0875
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0719 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2009
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS W-CENTRAL THROUGH N-CENTRAL/NE
TX...EXTREME S-CENTRAL OK.
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 312...
VALID 270019Z - 270145Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 312
CONTINUES.
MOST ORGANIZED SVR POTENTIAL IN NEAR TERM SHOULD REMAIN OVER
METROPLEX. CLUSTER OF SVR TSTMS CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EWD OVER
WRN PORTIONS METROPLEX INVOF SFC MESOLOW...WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF
SVR HAIL UP TO 1.75 INCH DIAMETER DURING PAST HOUR. DAMAGING GUSTS
ALSO ARE POSSIBLE GIVEN WELL-MIXED/INVERTED-V THERMODYNAMIC PROFILE
EVIDENT IN FWD RAOB.
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY HAS EXPANDED OUTWARD FROM MOST OF TARRANT/PARKER
COUNTY ACTIVITY. VISUAL OBSERVATION OF THIS ACTIVITY FROM HERE
SHOWS INTERMITTENT/SPLASHING OVERSHOOTS...BUT ALSO SIGNIFICANT ANVIL
GROWTH UPSHEAR...EVIDENCE OF RELATIVELY WEAK STORM-RELATIVE UPPER
FLOW CONTRIBUTING TO PRECIP-LOADING AROUND UPDRAFTS. ADDITIONAL
DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY ALONG NWWD-RETREATING LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY
EVIDENT IN REFLECTIVITY ANIMATIONS FROM COLLIN COUNTY ACROSS NW
DALLAS/SE DENTON/ERN TARRANT/ERN JOHNSON COUNTIES -- ESPECIALLY
WHERE BOUNDARIES WILL COLLIDE ACROSS TARRANT AND PERHAPS NRN JOHNSON
COUNTIES THROUGH 01Z. MESOANALYSIS ALSO SHOWS SFC TROUGH EXTENDING
NNEWD FROM FTW CLUSTER OVER LOVE COUNTY OK...E OF WHICH MLCAPE
REMAIN IN 3000-4000 J/KG IN RELATIVELY MOIST AND UNMIXED AIR MASS
ALONG/N OF OLDER MCS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. BUOYANCY AND LOW LEVEL SHEAR
EACH APPEAR TO DECREASE SWD AND SWWD FROM METROPLEX...WHERE HOTTER
AND MORE DEEPLY MIXED/DRIED AIR MASS COLLOCATE WITH LIGHT/SWLY SFC
WINDS.
LARGE/OUTFLOW-DOMINANT MULTICELL COMPLEX OVER W-CENTRAL TX CONTINUES
TO SEND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY RADIALLY OUTWARD FROM CENTER POINT IN
MITCHELL COUNTY. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS BOUNDARY IS
POSSIBLE AS IT MOVES TOWARD SWRN PORTIONS WW. OCNL HAIL AND GUSTS
NEAR SVR LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND N OF SFC TROUGH
EXTENDING SWWD FROM FTW AREA LOW...WHERE LOW LEVEL STORM-RELATIVE
INFLOW WILL BE ENHANCED BY NLY/ELY SFC WIND COMPONENTS.
..EDWARDS.. 05/27/2009
ATTN...WFO...SHV...FWD...OUN...SJT...LUB...MAF...
LAT...LON 31400095 31610047 31890032 32370044 32630075 32730126
33130003 33349896 34059703 34129598 33829599 33819529
32949533 32959577 32059549 31819648 31829676 31729693
31509684 31249733 31689774 31219858 31449897 31509975
31400095
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