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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1412
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0137 AM CDT FRI JUL 03 2009
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS NRN/ERN KS...EXTREME SRN NEB...EXTREME
SWRN MO...EXTREME NERN OK...EXTREME NWRN AR.
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY
VALID 030637Z - 030900Z
CORRECTED FOR TYPO IN STATES LISTING
BAND OF TSTMS THAT HAS DEVELOPED OVER ERN KS...GENERALLY BETWEEN
CNK-CNU...IS EXPECTED TO MOVE/EXPAND SEWD ACROSS PORTIONS NERN
OK...AND PERHAPS ADJOINING SLIVERS OF SWRN MO AND NWRN AR...THROUGH
10Z. ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING OVER NWRN KS
BETWEEN GLD-MCK...AND MAY FILL IN EWD TOWARD CNK AREA AND NWRN
PORTION OF OTHER TSTM BAND. STRONGEST CORES MAY PRODUCE SVR HAIL
FOR BRIEF PERIODS. HOWEVER THREAT DOES NOT APPEAR SUFFICIENTLY
INTENSE OR WELL-ORGANIZED TO WARRANT WW ATTM. IN ADDITION...BRIEF
BURSTS OF RAIN RATES 2-2.5 INCHES/HOUR ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY FROM
CONVECTION OVER ERN KS...WHICH MAY CONTINUE TO TRAIN NEAR ITS MEAN
AXIS.
STG/ELEVATED LOW LEVEL WAA IS OCCURRING NE OF SFC WARM FRONT THAT
EXTENDS FROM SERN CO SEWD ACROSS N-CENTRAL OK. BROAD 30-40 KT LLJ
-- INITIALLY EVIDENT IN VWP AND PROFILER WINDS -- IS EXPECTED TO BE
MAINTAINED IN INTENSITY THROUGH 10Z...BUT VEERING WITH TIME.
ASSOCIATED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND ASCENT TO LFC WILL
CONTINUE TO REALIZE ELEVATED MUCAPE UP TO 1500 J/KG...ROOTED ATOP
WARM FRONTAL ZONE WITHIN 700-800 MB LAYER. SERIES OF FCST SOUNDINGS
ACROSS THIS CORRIDOR SUGGESTS EFFECTIVE SHEAR GENERALLY WILL BE AOB
30 KT...BUT WITH POCKETS OF 30-40 KT MAGNITUDES WHERE BUOYANT LAYER
CAN EXTEND MORE DEEPLY INTO STG UPPER LEVEL FLOW. GIVEN THESE
CONDITIONS...EXPECT GENERAL MULTICELLULAR CHARACTER...WHICH SHOULD
LIMIT POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE OR DAMAGING HAIL...AND KEEP MOST
EVENTS MRGL IN NATURE. SLGT NWD/NEWD MOTION OF ELEVATED WARM FRONT
MAY LIKEWISE GRADUALLY SHIFT CORRIDOR OF STRONGEST LOW LEVEL LIFT.
..EDWARDS.. 07/03/2009
ATTN...WFO...SGF...EAX...TSA...TOP...ICT...GID...LBF...GLD...
LAT...LON 36969581 37709647 38829735 39209806 39389902 39509965
39530047 39540066 40130110 40460035 40379857 39619699
38649566 38139496 37239439 36669421 36309426 36309514
36969581
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