SPC Day 1 Thunderstorm Outlook Issued 01Z 20030727


ZCZC SPCSWODY1 ALL
ACUS01 KWNS 270111
SPC AC 270110

STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK 
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWE46 KWNS.

VALID 270100Z - 271200Z

THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
60 E APN 25 WSW HTL 35 NNW MKE 25 NW MSN 15 NNE LSE 10 WSW EAU
60 NNE EAU 35 NNE MQT.

THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
75 WSW TUS 25 NNW PHX 25 S FLG 20 WNW INW INW 30 SSW SOW 15 SE FHU.

GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 65 NNE OLF 25 S GDV
10 SSE REJ 30 NE PHP 30 WSW HON 40 NE ATY 35 ESE INL ...CONT...
40 NNW EPM 45 SSE UCA 15 WSW FKL 45 W FWA 30 NE FNB 35 WNW CNK
25 NNW GCK 25 W DHT 50 SSE CVS 15 SW MAF 15 SW SJT 20 W BWD ADM
15 WSW FSM 20 N RMG AND 40 E CLT 15 ENE ORF ...CONT... 10 S SBA
35 ESE RBL 75 N LMT 20 SW DLS 25 SSE EAT 35 N 63S.

...ERN MN/WI/NRN IA...
A BROKEN LINE OF CONVECTION IS CURRENTLY ONGOING ALONG A COLD
FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS NRN WI STRETCHING SWWD TO SERN MN. MODERATE
INSTABILITY ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. FARTHER
SW ACROSS SERN MN AND SWRN WI...THE CAPPING INVERSION IS PREVENTING
NEW CONVECTION FROM DEVELOPING. IF THE CAP CAN WEAKEN LATER THIS
EVENING...NEW CELLS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS SWRN OR CNTRL WI. OBJECTIVE
ANALYSIS SHOWS STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR ACROSS THE REGION WITH 40 TO
50 KT PRESENT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE INSTABILITY WILL KEEP THE
SEVERE POTENTIAL GOING AS THE CONVECTION MOVES ESEWD INTO ERN WI.
IF THE INSTABILITY AXIS CAN SHIFT EWD INTO LOWER MI...A SEVERE
THREAT WILL EXIST OVERNIGHT ACROSS NRN PART OF THE PENINSULA.

...WRN NEB/NE CO...
CONVECTION ONGOING ACROSS FAR SWRN NEB AND FAR SERN WY WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD INTO GREATER LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE. BACKED LOW-
LEVEL FLOW HAS BROUGHT SFC DEWPOINTS IN SW NEB AND NERN CO INTO THE
LOWER TO MID 60S AHEAD OF THE CONVECTION. AS THE STORMS INTERACT
WITH THE BETTER LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE...AN ISOLATED SEVERE REPORT WILL
BE POSSIBLE. RADAR SHOWS A WEAK COLD POOL SIGNATURE INDICATING THAT
ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE SHOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT. 

...SWRN AZ...
A CLUSTER OF STRONG CONVECTION CURRENTLY EXISTS ACROSS SERN AZ
AHEAD OF AN AXIS OF SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 60S F. MODERATE
INSTABILITY IS PRESENT AHEAD OF THE CONVECTION AND THIS COUPLED
WITH LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL SUSTAIN THE STORMS FOR A FEW MORE
HOURS. OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SHOWS ABOUT 30 KT OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR
SUGGESTING A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LIKELY. VERY STEEP LAPSE
RATES AND LARGE TEMP-DEWPOINT SPREADS SUGGEST ISOLATED HAIL AND/OR
WIND DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE CONVECTION MOVES EWD TOWARD THE
TUCSON AREA. 

...WRN ID...
AN AREA OF MODERATE INSTABILITY EXISTS ACROSS ERN ORE WITH
CONVECTION CURRENTLY ONGOING ACROSS WRN ID. ALTHOUGH THE
INSTABILITY WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS...ENOUGH INSTABILITY MAY BE PRESENT COUPLED WITH THE 30 KT OF
DEEP LAYER SHEAR FOR A SEVERE STORM WITH AN ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE
REPORT POSSIBLE. AS THE CONVECTION MOVES AWAY FROM THE INSTABILITY
AXIS OVER ERN ORE...IT WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THIS EVENING.
 
..BROYLES.. 07/26/03
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