MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1186
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0607 PM CDT SUN JUN 01 2003
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...W AND NW TX THROUGH THE SRN TX PANHANDLE
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 455...456...
   
   VALID 012307Z - 020100Z
   
   THREAT FOR ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL CONTINUE NEXT
   FEW HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF WWS 455 AND 456. DAMAGING WIND THREAT MAY
   BE MORE WIDESPREAD WITH STORMS SPREADING ESEWD OUT OF THE TX
   PANHANDLE.
   
   THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS W AND NW TX S OF A
   WARM FRONT EXTENDING ALONG THE RED RIVER AREA WITH MLCAPES TO 3000
   J/KG. THE CLUSTER OF STORMS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING NEAR ABILENE IS
   DEVELOPING E OF SLOW MOVING UPPER VORT MAX AND IS IN RELATIVELY WEAK
   MID LEVEL FLOW REGIME. THOUGH THE STORMS ARE NOT WELL
   ORGANIZED...THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES ARE FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED MICRO
   BURSTS AND LARGE HAIL. THIS ACTIVITY MAY CONTINUE DEVELOPING SLOWLY
   EWD AS NEW CELLS INITIATE ALONG OUTFLOW FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. STORMS
   FARTHER NW ACROSS THE S TX PANHANDLE AND INTO W TX ARE IN A SLIGHTLY
   STRONGER FLOW REGIME AND HAVE BETTER LINEAR ORGANIZATION. THESE
   STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE ESEWD NEXT FEW HOURS SUPPORTED BY MOIST LOW
   LEVEL INFLOW AND WNWLY MID/UPPER FLOW.
   
   ..DIAL.. 06/01/2003
   
   
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