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Mesoscale Discussion 1002
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1002
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0744 PM CDT SAT JUN 08 2013

   AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF ERN NEB...SWRN IA...NWRN MO...NERN KS

   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 289...

   VALID 090044Z - 090245Z

   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 289
   CONTINUES.

   SUMMARY...THE SVR POTENTIAL IS DECREASING ACROSS WW 289. ADDITIONAL
   WW ISSUANCE WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

   DISCUSSION...CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS HAVE OUTRUN STRONGER/DEEPER FORCING
   FOR ASCENT WHILE ADVANCING INTO AN AIR MASS CHARACTERIZED BY ONLY
   MARGINAL BUOYANCY...THOUGH AN ISOLATED STRONG/SVR WIND GUST AND/OR
   BRIEF/WEAK TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE 00Z OAX RAOB REFLECTS
   WEAK TROPOSPHERIC LAPSE RATES SUPPORTING ONLY AROUND 450 J/KG OF
   MLCAPE. THIS SOUNDING IS LARGELY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AIR MASS
   ACROSS REMAINING VALID PORTIONS OF THE WW AREA S OF A STATIONARY
   FRONT EXTENDING FROM E-CNTRL NEB INTO SWRN IA...AS WIDESPREAD
   CONVECTION AND/OR CONVECTIVE DEBRIS ARE INHIBITING MAINTENANCE OF A
   WARM BOUNDARY LAYER AMIDST ONLY MODESTLY FAVORABLE MOISTURE -- I.E.
   LOWEST-100-MB MEAN MIXING RATIO AROUND 12 G/KG PER OAX 00Z RAOB.
   EVEN LESS BUOYANCY EXISTS FOR MIXED-LAYER PARCELS N OF THE
   STATIONARY FRONT. AND...WITH NOCTURNAL COOLING/STABILIZATION
   COMMENCING SHORTLY...CONVECTION SHOULD ONLY YIELD AN ADDITIONAL
   DOWNWARD TREND IN INTENSITY. DESPITE SIZABLE...LOOPING LOW-LEVEL
   HODOGRAPHS INVOF THE STATIONARY FRONT SUPPORTING SUBSTANTIAL 0-1-KM
   SRH PER THE 00Z OAX RAOB -- WITH SOMEWHAT LOWER SRH IN THE MORE
   VEERED SFC FLOW TO THE SOUTH -- THE THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES WILL
   NOTABLY OFFSET THE SVR POTENTIAL.

   THE SVR THREAT HAS ENDED BEHIND THE BACK EDGE OF ONGOING CONVECTION
   OWING TO CONVECTIVE OVERTURNING...AND THE WW MAY BE CLEARED BEHIND
   THIS CONVECTION PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED 0400 UTC WW EXPIRATION TIME.
   FURTHERMORE...ADDITIONAL/DOWNSTREAM WW ISSUANCE WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

   ..COHEN.. 06/09/2013


   ATTN...WFO...DMX...EAX...OAX...TOP...

   LAT...LON   41789612 41789453 40959399 39869451 39049575 38839716
               39409764 41789612 

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