SPC AC 190601
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0101 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF KS/OK/MO AND
SOUTHEAST NEB...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE PLAINS TO UPPER
MIDWEST/MIDDLE MS VALLEY...
...SYNOPSIS...
ANOTHER RELATIVELY ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER DAY IS EXPECTED ACROSS A
BROAD PORTION OF THE PLAINS/MIDWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE LEAD
PORTION OF A PROMINENT UPPER TROUGH WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD OVER
THE CENTRAL PLAINS...WITH AN INCREASINGLY CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER THE
NORTH-CENTRAL PLAINS/MIDDLE MO VALLEY BY TONIGHT. A CORRESPONDING
SURFACE FRONTAL ZONE WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS KS/NEB/SD
DURING THE PERIOD....WITH HEAT-AIDED SECONDARY SURFACE LOW
DEVELOPMENT ANTICIPATED ACROSS SOUTHERN KS/WESTERN OK/NORTHWEST TX
IN VICINITY OF A DRYLINE.
...PLAINS/OZARKS/MO VALLEY TO MIDDLE/UPPER MS VALLEY...
A PLUME OF STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE /AND-OR
QUICKLY BE REESTABLISHED FROM SATURDAY PM CONVECTION/ ACROSS MOST OF
THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE MIDDLE MS VALLEY. A RELATIVELY
MOIST AIRMASS WITH MIDDLE/UPPER 60S AND SOME LOWER 70S F SURFACE
DEWPOINTS WILL BE IN PLACE TODAY WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR TO THE EAST
OF A NORTH-CENTRAL PLAINS COLD FRONT AND SOUTHERN PLAINS DRYLINE.
AIDED BY A SUSTAINED LOW LEVEL JET/WARM ADVECTION...SCATTERED
CONVECTION WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING EARLY TODAY ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
MIDDLE MO VALLEY AND UPPER MIDWEST. CONVECTIVE REMNANTS/OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES WILL BE A POTENTIAL FACTOR FOR
REDEVELOPMENT/RE-INTENSIFICATION INTO THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS SUCH
AS THE UPPER MIDWEST/UPPER MS VALLEY WITHIN A RELATIVELY
MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALONG/SOUTHWEST OF A NORTHWARD-SHIFTING WARM
FRONT.
SOUTH OF THE EARLY DAY/ONGOING ACTIVITY...STRONG HEATING/AGGRESSIVE
DESTABILIZATION WILL TAKE PLACE ESPECIALLY FROM PARTS OF THE
MIDDLE/LOWER MO VALLEY INCLUDING SOUTHEAST NEB/SOUTHERN IA
SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE EAST OF THE DRYLINE ACROSS OK AND
NORTH-CENTRAL/WEST-CENTRAL TX. HERE...MLCAPE VALUES ARE LIKELY TO
EXCEED 3000 J/KG. AIDED BY STEADY HEIGHT FALLS AND AN INCREASING
DEEP LAYER WIND FIELD /40-45 KT EFFECTIVE SHEAR/...SURFACE BASED
TSTM/DISCRETE SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT APPEARS MOST PROBABLE TO
INITIALLY OCCUR ACROSS AREAS SUCH AS CENTRAL/NORTHEAST KS AND
SOUTHEAST NEB INTO FAR NORTHERN OK...PERHAPS BY EARLY OR
MID-AFTERNOON. FARTHER SOUTH...NEAR/SOUTH OF THE SURFACE
LOW/FRONT/DRYLINE INDUCED TRIPLE POINT...SOMEWHAT MORE
ISOLATED/HIGHER-BASED DEEP CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IS ANTICIPATED BY
LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTHERN OK SOUTHWARD
INTO NORTH/WEST-CENTRAL TX.
WITH AID OF A DIURNALLY STRONG SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL
JET...FORECAST SHEAR PROFILES STRONGLY FAVOR LONG-LIVED SUPERCELLS
CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES /PERHAPS ONE
OR TWO STRONG/ ESPECIALLY WHERE DEWPOINTS HOLD IN THE UPPER
60S/LOWER 70S. BY EARLY/MID-EVENING...THE PROXIMITY OF THE SLOWLY
ADVANCING COLD FRONT AND BACKING MID-LEVEL FLOW SHOULD LEAD TO
UPSCALE QUASI-LINEAR DEVELOPMENT AND AN INCREASING DAMAGING WIND
THREAT ACROSS PARTS OF THE LOWER MO VALLEY/OZARKS AND MIDWEST.
MEANWHILE...NEAR THE DRYLINE...A MORE DISCRETE MODE OF SUSTAINED
SUPERCELLS /AGAIN SOMEWHAT HIGHER-BASED ESPECIALLY WITH SOUTHWARD
EXTENT/ CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN...BUT A
LIMITED TORNADO THREAT AND SOME DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL MAY EXIST AS
WELL DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
...SOUTHEAST STATES/FL...
A REMNANT MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL SHIFT SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS
THIS REGION. THIS FEATURE MAY CONTRIBUTE TO SOME STRONG/POTENTIALLY
SEVERE TSTMS ON AN ISOLATED BASIS ESPECIALLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING HOURS.
..GUYER/MARSH.. 05/19/2013
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