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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1636
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0134 AM CDT TUE JUL 21 2009
AREAS AFFECTED...KS OK
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 609...
VALID 210634Z - 210800Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 609 CONTINUES.
WELL-ORGANIZED MCS WITH DAMAGING/HIGH WINDS AND SOME PROBABILITY FOR
A TORNADO WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF NERN OK OVER THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL WAS NOW SHIFTING FROM SERN
KS INTO NERN OK.
ABUNDANT INSTABILITY AND VERY SUPPORTIVE LARGER SCALE FORCING IN THE
FORM OF A POTENT SHORT WAVE TROUGH EMBEDDED WITHIN MODEST AND
INCREASINGLY STRONG NW FLOW ARE CONTRIBUTING TO WELL-FORMED TSTM
COMPLEX ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS ATTM. ALL INDICATIONS SUGGEST THAT
THIS CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN WELL ORGANIZED AROUND 1006MB
SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT DEVELOPING EAST TOWARD THE
OZARK PLATEAU/MOUNTAINS THROUGH DAYBREAK. MASS AND MOISTURE FLUX
INTO THE SYSTEM COULD BE MARGINALLY AFFECTED/INTERRUPTED BY A
LEADING CLUSTER OF STORMS FORMING ALONG WIND SHIFT/FRONT SWEEPING
ACROSS WRN/CNTRL OK AHEAD OF THE LARGER COMPLEX IN NERN OK.
NONETHELESS...STRENGTH/EXTENT OF COLD POOL...AND ORGANIZING
INFLUENCE OF LARGER SCALE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD SUPPORT AN INCREASING
THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS BULK OF TORNADO WATCH 609 IN OK.
OVERALL TORNADO POTENTIAL APPEARS LIMITED BY BOTH CONVECTIVE MODE
AND LIMITED SRH. HOWEVER...THIS POTENTIAL MAY BE ENHANCED ON THE
STORM/MESO-SCALE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE SURFACE LOW AND
WARM FRONT WHERE SHEAR AND STORM INTERACTIONS COULD RESULT IN A
BRIEF SPIN-UP.
..CARBIN.. 07/21/2009
ATTN...WFO...TSA...ICT...OUN...
LAT...LON 36969813 37399811 37429712 38069715 37969553 37019555
36899469 35329440 35429503 35199589 35419621 35479687
36019762 36239807 36969813
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