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May-13-2004 0800 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
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   SPC AC 130719
   
   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0219 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2004
   
   VALID 141200Z - 151200Z
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM COD PHP MHN AKO GUC
   VEL 50 WSW BPI JAC COD.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM ACY LYH MGM 20 E GPT
   ...CONT... DRT ABI TUL COU MKE 50 WNW ANJ.
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...MI/OH...
   BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL UNITED
   STATES ON FRIDAY...WITH A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH ROTATING EASTWARD
   ACROSS THE MS VALLEY.  MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND RESULTANT
   INSTABILITY WILL BE MUCH LESS ON DAY2 THAN PREVIOUS DAYS WITH MLCAPE
   VALUES OF 1000 J/KG OR LESS FROM LOWER MI INTO EASTERN TX. 
   RELATIVELY STRONG WIND FIELDS MAY ALLOW ISOLATED STRONG STORMS TO
   PRODUCE GUSTY/DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS OF LOWER MI AND NORTHERN OH
   ON FRIDAY...BUT NO ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED.
   
   ...SOUTH TX...
   ONE AREA WHERE STRONG INSTABILITY WILL PERSIST ON FRIDAY WILL BE
   OVER SOUTH TX...WHERE VERY WARM/MOIST SURFACE CONDITIONS WILL RESULT
   IN MLCAPE VALUES OVER 3000 J/KG.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
   LIKELY BE ONGOING ALONG FRONT OVER CENTRAL TX AT THE BEGINNING OF
   THE PERIOD...WITH ACTIVITY SPREADING SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTH TX DURING
   THE AFTERNOON. LOW/MID LEVEL WINDS WILL BE RATHER WEAK...SUGGESTING
   SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVE ORGANIZATION IS UNLIKELY.  HOWEVER...HOT
   SURFACE TEMPS AND DEGREE OF INSTABILITY COULD POSE A RISK OF
   DAMAGING WINDS IN A FEW CELLS. THIS AREA WILL BE MONITORED IN LATER
   OUTLOOKS FOR POSSIBLE UPGRADE TO SLIGHT RISK IF VERTICAL SHEAR IS
   SLIGHTLY STRONGER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST.
   
   ..HART.. 05/13/2004
   
   ...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 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 1730Z
        
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