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Mesoscale Discussion 1665
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1665
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0852 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF EXTREME NERN CO / SWRN NEB
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY 
   
   VALID 250152Z - 250245Z
   
   THE THREAT FOR ISOLD STRONG/SEVERE WIND GUSTS MAY PERSIST FOR THE
   NEXT HOUR OR SO WITH TSTM CLUSTER OVER THE SRN NEB PANHANDLE AND
   EXTREME NERN CO.  THIS COMPLEX IS EXTRAPOLATED TO MOVE SEWD INTO
   SWRN NEB OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH A GRADUAL WANING IN
   POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE CONVECTIVE GUSTS TO REACH THE SURFACE.
   
   RECENT SURFACE MESOANALYSIS SHOWS A COLD FRONT DRAPED FROM NEAR LNK
   TO IML EXTENDING WNWWD TO CYS.  THIS FRONT IS MOVING SWD AROUND 20
   KTS.  RADAR MOSAIC LOOP SHOWS TSTM CLUSTER EMANATING FROM SERN WY
   MOVING SEWD AND GENERALLY JUST NORTH AND PARALLELING AFOREMENTIONED
   BOUNDARY BASED ON THE LATEST RADAR TRENDS.  THIS TSTM CLUSTER WILL
   LIKELY CONTINUE TO FAVOR A SEWD MOTION WHERE DEEPER FRONTAL LIFT IS
   SUSTAINING FORCED ASCENT FOR PARCEL/S TO ATTAIN THEIR LFC. 
   MODIFYING LBF 00Z RAOB FOR LOWER 80S TEMPS WITH LOWER 60S DEWPOINTS
   YIELDS SUBSTANTIAL SURFACE-BASED CINH BUT STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATE
   PLUME FROM THE W WILL CONTINUE TO AID TSTM VIGOR.  WITH SUBSTANTIAL
   CLOUD-BEARING SHEAR DESPITE AN EVENTUAL TRANSITION TO ELEVATED
   CONVECTION WITH TIME...STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO POSE AN ISOLD
   WIND/LARGE HAIL THREAT FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AND THEREAFTER
   PERHAPS POSING ONLY AN ISOLD LARGE HAIL THREAT.
   
   ..SMITH.. 07/25/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...GID...LBF...GLD...BOU...
   
   LAT...LON   40020035 40180152 40840263 41100244 41440223 41400172
               40970059 40539982 40259978 39960008 40020035 
   
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