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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0911
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0525 PM CDT MON JUN 01 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...SERN NEB/N CNTRL AND NERN KS/SRN IA/NRN MO
   
   CONCERNING...HEAVY RAINFALL 
   
   VALID 012225Z - 020030Z
   
   ONGOING HEAVY RAIN IN A W-E ORIENTED BAND WILL SLOWLY DRIFT NWD OVER
   THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RATES AOA AN INCH AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH
   NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT
   ACCUMULATIONS. 
   
   THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INITIATED ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT IN A
   VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS...2500 TO 3000 J/KG MLCAPE PER RECENT
   MESOANALYSIS. INCREASING PRECIPITABLE WATER/RICH MOISTURE CONTENT
   WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT RENEWED DEVELOPMENT ALONG AND N OF THE
   BOUNDARY AS A SLY/SWLY LOW LEVEL JET/WARM ADVECTION ALLOW ELEVATED
   CONVECTION TO BUILD NWD. VERY SLOW MOVEMENT AND TRAINING OF STORMS
   CAN BE EXPECTED AS GENERALLY WEAK SHEAR/FLOW REMAINS ALIGNED NEARLY
   PARALLEL TO THE BOUNDARY. CURRENT PRECIPITATION ANALYSIS SHOW A
   BROAD SWATH OF INCH TO TWO INCH PER HOUR RATES...WITH LOCALIZED
   HIGHER AMOUNTS.
   
   ..HURLBUT.. 06/01/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...LSX...DVN...DMX...EAX...OAX...TOP...GID...
   
   LAT...LON   39689634 39479782 39709883 40189890 40589832 40849756
               41189565 41209321 40979158 40179172 39969332 39689634 
   
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