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Mar- 4-2004 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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   SPC AC 040111
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0711 PM CST WED MAR 03 2004
   
   VALID 040100Z - 041200Z
   
   THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 SW
   P07 20 SSE CNM CVS 15 ESE AMA 30 SE GAG 25 WSW PNC 45 NNW MLC 30 SSE
   DUA 20 WSW FTW 20 WNW BWD 25 ESE JCT 60 W COT.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 SE YUM IGM 40 WNW
   PGA 45 NNE 4BL 40 W PUB 20 N EHA 10 S HUT 30 WNW SZL 25 NW DEC 35 W
   FDY 25 S CMH 15 W JKL 20 ENE CKV 30 W MEM 25 NNW SHV 55 SE AUS 55
   WNW MFE.
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM PARTS OF W TX THROUGH WRN
   OK...
   
   ...W TX THROUGH WRN/CNTRL OK...
   
   EARLY THIS EVENING A SURFACE FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE TRANSPECOS AREA
   OF SW TX NEWD THROUGH NCNTRL TX AND SERN OK. S OF THIS BOUNDARY RICH
   LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS RETURNING NWD THROUGH THE WARM SECTOR WITH
   SURFACE DEWPOINTS AROUND 70 ALONG THE TX COAST TO MID 60S ACROSS
   CNTRL TX. HOWEVER...EVENING RAOB DATA SHOW THE EML HAS SPREAD EWD
   THROUGH THE SRN PLAINS...EFFECTIVELY CAPPING THE WARM SECTOR TO
   SURFACE BASED CONVECTION.
   
   LOW LEVEL JET IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN TONIGHT ACROSS TX DOWNSTREAM
   FROM SLOWLY EWD MOVING UPPER TROUGH NOW CENTERED OVER THE BAHA AREA.
   ASSOCIATED INCREASE IN THETA-E ADVECTION AND LIFT SHOULD RESULT IN
   NWD DESTABILIZATION AND CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT LATER TONIGHT MAINLY
   NW OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WHERE COOLER MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES EXIST
   AND THE CAP IS LESS PRONOUNCED. GIVEN COMBINATION OF STEEP MID LEVEL
   LAPSE RATES...MODERATE INSTABILITY AND SHEAR THROUGH THE CLOUD
   BEARING LAYER SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS...THREAT WILL EXIST FOR
   SEVERE STORMS LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WITH CAP IN PLACE
   OVER THE WARM SECTOR...MOST OF THE STORMS SHOULD BE ELEVATED NW OF
   THE SURFACE FRONT SUGGESTING LARGE HAIL SHOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT.
   HOWEVER...ANY STORMS THAT CAN DEVELOP NEAR OR ON THE SURFACE
   BOUNDARY MAY BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO SURFACE BASED TO SUPPORT SOME THREAT
   FOR ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO.
   
   ..DIAL.. 03/04/2004
   
   ...NOTICE...
   FOR USERS DECODING THE POINTS PARAGRAPH HEREIN...LATITUDE AND
   LONGITUDE POINTS FOR THE CATEGORICAL AND PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOK
   GRAPHICS ALSO ARE LOCATED IN A SEPARATE PRODUCT UNDER THE WMO
   HEADINGS WUUS01 PTSDY1...WUUS02 PTSDY2...AND WUUS03 PTSDY3.  THE
   INCLUSION OF POINTS IN THIS PRODUCT WILL EVENTUALLY BE DISCONTINUED.
   
   NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 0600Z
        
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