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Mesoscale Discussion 953
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0953
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0358 PM CDT FRI JUN 05 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...TX/OK PANHANDLE / TX S PLAINS / EXTREME SWRN KS
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE 
   
   VALID 052058Z - 052200Z
   
   CONVECTIVE TRENDS WILL BE MONITORED AS DEVELOPING TSTMS MOVE EWD
   FROM NM INTO TX.  A GRADUAL INCREASE IN A LARGE HAIL/DMGG WIND
   THREAT MAY OCCUR TOWARDS THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING HOURS.
   
   POTENTIAL FOR MORE WIDESPREAD ISOLD STRONG/SEVERE STORMS APPEARS TO
   BE DELAYED UNTIL CONVECTION MOVES INTO MORE MOISTURE RICH AIRMASS
   ALONG/E OF DIFFUSE DRYLINE/LEE PRESSURE TROUGH LOCATED N-S ALONG THE
   TX/NM BORDER.  RECENTLY DEVELOPED SURFACE-BASED TSTMS NEAR GUY WILL
   PROBABLY REMAIN CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL/DMGG WINDS IN THE NEXT HOUR
   BEFORE MORE ACTIVITY AND CORRESPONDING UPWARD TREND IN SEVERE
   POTENTIAL COMMENCES AS CONVECTION MOVES FROM ERN NM INTO TX.
   
   25-35 KT H5 FLOW OBSERVED RECENTLY AT AMA/FDX/TCU VWP/S ATOP
   GENERALLY SLY SURFACE FLOW YIELDS A SUPPORTIVE SUPERCELL WIND
   PROFILE.  PRESENCE OF STEEP LOW-MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES IN COMBINATION
   WITH A DESTABILIZING AIRMASS /WEAKENING CINH/ WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
   MORE VIGOROUS SURFACE-BASED CONVECTION CAPABLE OF ISOLD LARGE
   HAIL/DMGG WINDS AS STORMS MORE INTO MORE MOIST LOW LEVEL AIRMASS.
   
   ..SMITH.. 06/05/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...DDC...LUB...AMA...PUB...
   
   LAT...LON   36840212 37260189 37350146 37290084 36940043 36390033
               33890106 33570162 33530215 33740260 34290285 34660280
               36840212 
   
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