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Mar-18-2004 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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   SPC AC 180032
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0632 PM CST WED MAR 17 2004
   
   VALID 180100Z - 181200Z
   
   THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 WSW
   TUL 40 NNW BVO 15 NNW JLN 25 SE SGF 20 WNW UNO 40 N LIT 30 SW LIT 10
   W TXK 35 S DUA 30 ENE SPS 35 WSW TUL.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 NE TYR FTW 45 NW
   MWL 15 S LTS 30 ESE END 35 E P28 HUT 10 WSW TOP 30 NE COU BLV OWB
   CSV CHA GAD 30 WSW CBM 30 NE MLU 20 NE TYR.
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF SCENTRAL AND
   ERN OK EWD INTO WRN AR...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   BROAD BELT OF NWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW EXISTS ACROSS THE CONUS ATTM W OF
   WEAK / NEGATIVELY-TILTED TROUGH EXTENDING FROM ONTARIO SEWD TO THE
   MID-ATLANTIC COAST.  WEAK SHORT-WAVE TROUGH NOW MOVING ACROSS OK AND
   ASSOCIATED LOW-LEVEL JET WILL SUPPORT CONTINUED CONVECTIVE
   DEVELOPMENT INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
   
   ...FAR SERN KS / ERN OK / FAR NERN TX INTO SWRN MO AND WRN AR...
   THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND NERN OK AHEAD
   OF WEAK COLD FRONT WHICH CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM NEAR EMP SWWD TO
   NEAR SPS ATTM. DAYTIME HEATING HAS RESULTING IN 500 TO 1000 J/KG
   MEAN-LAYER CAPE ACROSS THE ERN HALF OF OK...WHERE MID 50S DEWPOINTS
   HAVE ADVECTED NWD IN NARROW AXIS AHEAD OF FRONT.  
   
   MODERATE / VEERING WINDS WITH HEIGHT ARE SUPPORTIVE OF
   SUPERCELLS...WITH AROUND 50 KTS SURFACE TO 6 KM SHEAR NOTED ON AREA
   PROFILERS.  THIS SUPPORTS RECENT RADAR INDICATIONS OF DEVIANT STORM
   MOTIONS AND A STORM SPLIT JUST E OF TUL.
   
   WITH RELATIVELY DRY BOUNDARY LAYER RESULTING IN STORMS WHICH ARE
   FAIRLY HIGH-BASED...MAIN SEVERE THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
   LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS.  OVERNIGHT...SEVERE THREAT SHOULD SLOWLY
   DECREASE WITH TIME AS BOUNDARY LAYER STABILIZES AND STORMS MOVE EWD
   INTO AR WHERE DRIER / LESS UNSTABLE AIRMASS EXISTS.
   
   ..GOSS.. 03/18/2004
   
   ...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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