SPC AC 230052
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0752 PM CDT THU APR 22 2004
VALID 230100Z - 231200Z
THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 NNE
LIT 45 NNW HOT 10 N PGO 15 SSE MLC 30 NW MLC 10 NNW MKO 35 NW FYV 25
SE UMN 25 SW UNO 40 W ARG 45 NNE LIT.
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 60 SSW
SZL 35 SW JEF 30 NW MDH 10 WNW OWB 35 N BWG 35 E BWG 25 W CSV 20 NE
HSV 35 ESE TUP 25 NNW GLH TXK 40 NE DAL 45 NW MWL 50 SSW SPS 25 SSE
FSI 25 NNE FSI 30 E CSM 35 NE AMA 40 SSE EHA 10 NW LBL 35 N END 15 E
PNC 25 NNW BVO 10 S CNU 55 ENE CNU 60 SSW SZL.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 ENE ACY 15 ESE LYH
10 SSE GAD 15 NNW CBM 25 NE ELD 45 ENE DAL 55 NE ABI 30 SSE LTS 25
WNW LTS 40 SSE AMA 40 E ABQ 25 NE GUP 85 NNE INW 25 SSE BCE 50 WSW
MLF 40 NE ELY 60 NNE ENV 45 E MLD 45 SW LAR 35 S LIC 35 WSW RSL 30
NNW SZL 20 WSW HUF 25 NE DAY 20 ENE FKL BOS.
...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ERN OK AND NWRN AR...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE TX/OK PNHDLS EWD
ACROSS OK/AR/SRN MO/WRN TN AND KY/NRN MS AND AL...
...NORTHEAST OK TO AR/MO OZARKS...
INTENSE CONVECTION CONTINUES NEAR SUB-SYNOPTIC LOWS...AND ALONG
INVERTED TROUGH AXIS ACROSS NERN OK THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL STORMS
HAVE ERUPTED ALONG/NORTH OF A NEARLY STATIONARY WARM FRONT NEAR THE
AR/MO BORDER. FORCING FOR ASCENT AND INFLOW OF ABUNDANT INSTABILITY
NEAR AND ALONG THESE FEATURES SHOULD MAINTAIN VIGOROUS TSTM ACTIVITY
WELL INTO TONIGHT ACROSS ERN OK...NRN AR...AND SRN MO. TORNADO AND
VERY LARGE HAIL THREAT APPEARS MAXIMIZED OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS
WITH CELLS DEVELOPING ALONG REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM NORTH OF
FSM SEWD THROUGH LIT AREA...AS WELL AS ALONG PRIMARY SYNOPTIC FRONT
ACROSS SRN MO.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO PREDICT HOW CURRENTLY CELLULAR CONVECTIVE MODE
WILL EVOLVE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY GIVEN NEARLY
UNIDIRECTIONAL ALIGNMENT OF MOST OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARIES WITH THE
MEAN LAYER FLOW. LATEST SHORT TERM MODEL GUIDANCE APPEARS TO SUGGEST
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AT LEAST ONE MCS TRACKING EWD ACROSS NERN AR AND
THE MO BOOTHEEL THROUGH 23/12Z...PERHAPS ASSOCIATED WITH SURFACE
WAVE TRACKING EAST ALONG THE STATIONARY/WARM FRONT. IN
ADDITION...EITHER REPEAT OR GRADUALLY BACKBUILDING STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS ERN OK...AND PERHAPS WRN AR...AS LLJ INTENSIFIES
OVERNIGHT AND RESULTS IN STRONGER MESOSCALE FORCING REFOCUSING ALONG
THE SRN EDGE OF CONVECTIVELY INDUCED COLD POOL. SEVERE WEATHER
POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP/PERSIST GIVEN
THESE SCENARIOS.
...NORTH TX...
STEADY-STATE BACKBUILDING SUPERCELL ACROSS CLAY AND MONTAGUE
COUNTIES OF NORTH TX APPEARS TO BE ANCHORED NEAR DRYLINE/COLD FRONT
INTERSECTION WITH NEARLY IDEAL SR INFLOW OF HIGHLY UNSTABLE AIR.
INCREASING INHIBITION SHOULD BEGIN TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT UPDRAFT
STRENGTH BUT PROBABLY NOT BEFORE A COUPLE MORE LARGE HAIL
EVENTS...AND PERHAPS EVEN A BRIEF TORNADO.
...TX/OK PNHDLS/NORTHWEST OK LATE...
DESPITE STABLE/DRY BOUNDARY LAYER IN THE WAKE OF COLD FRONT...VERY
STEEP LAPSE RATES...DEEP ASCENT AND MOISTENING WILL SPREAD NEWD OUT
OF NM LATER TONIGHT AHEAD OF STRONG UPPER TROUGH DIGGING ACROSS THE
FOUR CORNERS REGION. THIS SHOULD PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS
ELEVATED TSTMS ROOTED IN THE 800-700MB LAYER. FCST LAPSE
RATES/INSTABILITY AND SHEAR APPEAR TO SUPPORT LARGE HAIL WITH THIS
ACTIVITY AND STORMS MAY EXTEND FROM THE TX/OK PNHDLS TO NWRN OK
THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
..CARBIN.. 04/23/2004
...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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