MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0560
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1203 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...FAR ERN KS AND WRN/SWRN/CENTRAL MO
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL 
   
   VALID 241703Z - 241930Z
   
   PORTIONS OF CENTRAL/SWRN/WRN MO AND ERN KS ARE BEING MONITORED FOR A
   POSSIBLE TORNADO WATCH THIS AFTERNOON.
   
   DESTABILIZATION SHOULD PROCEED RAPIDLY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS
   ACROSS THE DISCUSSION AREA AS MID-LEVEL DRY SLOT ADVECTS NEWD INTO
   SWRN MO ATOP LOW-LEVEL MOIST AXIS WHICH EXTENDS FROM WRN AR NWD INTO
   SWRN MO. MODERATE CU EVIDENT ON VISIBLE IMAGERY AT 1650Z BETWEEN JLN
   AND SGF SHOULD INCREASE TO ISOLATED/SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DURING
   THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS AS CONVECTIVE INHIBITION DECREASES. ADDITIONAL
   DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE CLOSER TO THE UPPER LOW CENTER ACROSS FAR
   ERN KS...BETWEEN EMP AND MKC. OPERATIONAL ETA AND ETA-KF SUGGEST
   MODERATE INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON WITH MUCAPE VALUES OF 1000-2000
   J/KG. SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPH CURVATURE
   SUGGEST A FEW SUPERCELL STORMS OVER THE AREA WITH LARGE HAIL AND
   TORNADOES.
   
   ..BANACOS.. 04/24/2003
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...LSX...SGF...EAX...TOP...ICT...
   
   36589390 37319413 37549427 37819508 37849575 38309617
   38599597 38809531 38849444 38939309 38009193 37099218