MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1853
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1129 AM CDT MON AUG 10 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL/EASTERN KS
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 693...
   
   VALID 101629Z - 101800Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 693
   CONTINUES.
   
   SEVERE TSTM WATCH 693 CONTINUES UNTIL 21Z...WITH CONTINUED SEVERE
   HAIL/DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL/EASTERN KS
   INCLUDING THE I-70/I-135/KS TURNPIKE VICINITIES THROUGH EARLY
   AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL SEVERE TSTM WATCH MAY ULTIMATELY BE NEEDED
   FOR FAR EASTERN KS INTO PORTIONS OF WESTERN MO INCLUDING THE KC
   METRO AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
   
   AIDED BY A MID LEVEL IMPULSE/MCV...QUASI-LINEAR MCS...CENTERED ALONG
   I-70 NEAR SALINA AS OF 1615Z...CONTINUES TO GROW UPSCALE/BECOME
   INCREASINGLY ORGANIZED LATE THIS MORNING. A 69 KT GUST WAS RECENTLY
   MEASURED AT SALINA AS OF 1620Z. AS THE DOWNSTREAM AIRMASS CONTINUES
   TO QUICKLY HEAT/DESTABILIZE ACROSS EASTERN KS /UPPER 80S F ALREADY
   ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KS/...THIS QLCS SHOULD CONTINUE TO
   THRIVE/ACCELERATE GENERALLY EASTWARD WITH AN INCREASING DAMAGING
   WIND/SUSTAINED HAIL THREAT ACROSS EASTERN KS OVER THE NEXT FEW
   HOURS. OTHER LEADING AND/OR SOUTH-PERIPHERAL DEVELOPMENT MAY ALSO
   OCCUR IN VICINITY OF ADJACENT OUTFLOW/SURFACE FRONT AS WELL...WITH
   SUCH DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALLY POSING A QUASI-SEPARATE HAIL/WIND
   THREAT AND/OR LEADING TO A SOUTHWARD EXPANSION OF THE QLCS WITH
   TIME.
   
   ..GUYER.. 08/10/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...SGF...EAX...TOP...ICT...GID...
   
   LAT...LON   39259805 39519647 39289425 37899500 37829809 38529831
               39259805