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Mesoscale Discussion 1002
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1002
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1111 AM CDT TUE JUN 09 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF CNTRL AND ERN KS INTO WRN MO
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 354...
   
   VALID 091611Z - 091745Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 354
   CONTINUES.
   
   THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS WW AREA WITH AN
   INCREASING THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS FROM NEAR OR N OF EMP ESEWD INTO
   W CNTRL MO.
   
   RECENT TRENDS IN VISIBLE SATELLITE AND VOLUMETRIC RADAR DATA
   INDICATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIGOROUS TSTMS ALONG SRN EDGE OF
   EVOLVING MCS WITH THE MOST INTENSE CELL LOCATED OVER MORRIS COUNTY
   KS AS OF 16Z.  THIS STORM APPEARS TO BE SITUATED JUST N OF SURFACE
   WARM FRONT WHICH EXTENDS FROM N OF DDC TO NEAR EMP TO N OF SGF. 
   GIVEN THE SLIGHT ACCELERATION NOTED WITHIN THE PAST FEW VOLUME
   SCANS...IT APPEARS THAT THIS STRONGER ACTIVITY IS BEGINNING TO
   EXHIBIT SOME FORWARD PROPAGATION.  
   
   IMMEDIATE INFLOW AIR MASS OVER S-CNTRL/SERN KS IS ALREADY QUITE
   MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH MLCAPE OF 1500-2000 J/KG. 
   MOREOVER...EVOLVING N-S CONVECTIVE BAND IS ORIENTED LARGELY NORMAL
   TO MODERATELY STRONG MID AND HIGH-LEVEL WIND FIELDS.  AS
   SUCH...SETUP IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR THE EVOLUTION OF
   A BOWING SYSTEM WHICH WOULD MOVE/PROPAGATE ESEWD ALONG IMMEDIATE
   COOL SIDE OF WARM FRONT.  SHOULD THIS EVOLUTION TAKE PLACE...THE
   POTENTIAL WOULD EXIST FOR A CORRIDOR OF DAMAGING WINDS ALONG SYSTEM
   PATH.
   
   ..MEAD.. 06/09/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...LSX...SGF...EAX...OAX...TOP...ICT...GID...
   
   LAT...LON   40109790 40089518 39739521 39469404 39079399 38649247
               37839221 37299301 37079414 37279530 37579667 38179827
               40069809 40109790 
   
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