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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2152
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0340 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF CNTRL/SRN OK INTO NRN TX
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 778...779...
VALID 290840Z - 291015Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 778...779...CONTINUES.
THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND TORNADOES CONTINUES ACROSS WW
AREAS.
EXCEPT FOR A SMALL CLUSTER OF DEEP SHOWERS/TSTMS OVER BRYAN COUNTY
OK...MOIST CONVECTION HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS WW 778 AREA. BASED ON
2-HR PRESSURE TENDENCIES...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE STRONGEST
LOW-LEVEL FORCING FOR ASCENT /I.E. WAA/ IS SHIFTING NNEWD TOWARD THE
OZARK PLATEAU. HOWEVER...RADAR DATA DO CONTINUE TO INDICATE WEAK
SHOWERS PRESENT FROM THE HILL COUNTRY NWD THROUGH N-CNTRL
TX...INDICATIVE OF BROAD WAA OCCURRING ALONG 50-60 KT LLJ. AS
SUCH...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STORM REGENERATION...PARTICULARLY AS
LINEAR SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE W. KINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT WILL
REMAIN QUITE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF TORNADOES.
FARTHER W ACROSS WW779...BROKEN CONVECTIVE BAND WHICH EARLIER
INTENSIFIED...NOW APPEARS TO BE STRUGGLING WITH ANAFRONTAL AIRFLOW
REGIME. THIS IS LIKELY BEGIN EXACERBATED BY CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW
GENERATED BY ONGOING STORMS. AS OF 0820Z...THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE LOCATED OVER WASHITA AND KIOWA COUNTIES AND FARTHER S OVER
WILBARGER AND BAYLOR COUNTIES IN NW TX. THE WILBARGER/BAYLOR COUNTY
COMPLEX HAS EXHIBITED BOWING PROPERTIES WHILE FORWARD-PROPAGATING
NEWD AT AROUND 45 KT.
BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS...IT APPEARS THAT THE REGION BOUNDED
BY I-40...U.S. 287 AND I-35 WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR
ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH 10-11Z. HERE...THE STRONGER
SYNOPTIC-FORCING FOR ASCENT ATTENDANT TO MID/UPPER JET STREAK
LIFTING NWD THROUGH THE HIGH PLAINS WILL REMAIN COINCIDENT WITH
MOISTENING/DESTABILIZING PRE-FRONTAL WARM SECTOR.
..MEAD.. 10/29/2009
ATTN...WFO...TSA...FWD...OUN...SJT...
LAT...LON 32249967 32839999 35359881 35989798 35579693 34879560
33659543 32369608 32219778 32249967
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