MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1332
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0604 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
AREAS AFFECTED...S-CNTRL/SERN SD SWD INTO N-CNTRL/NERN NEB
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
VALID 112304Z - 120030Z
TSTMS ARE DEVELOPING ON ERN EDGE OF WW513. A NEW WW WILL LIKELY BE
REQUIRED TO THE E.
SATELLITE/REGIONAL RADAR DATA INDICATE TSTMS DEVELOPING FROM
HUGHES/STANLEY/JONES COUNTIES IN S-CNTRL SD SWD INTO BROWN/ROCK
COUNTIES IN N-CNTRL NEB. THE NRN STORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN A ZONE OF
INCREASED LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE E OF SURFACE LOW...WHEREAS THE SRN
ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE DEVELOPING ON A WEAK CONVERGENCE ZONE E OF
PRIMARY SURFACE TROUGH...PER NORTH PLATTE RADAR IMAGERY. THESE
STORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG N-S INSTABILITY AXIS WHERE MLCAPES HAVE
INCREASED TO 1500-2000 J/KG. MODEST WLY MID-LEVEL FLOW /30-35KTS AT
500MB/ ABOVE LOW-LEVEL SELY WINDS IS RESULTING IN 35-45KTS OF 0-6KM
AGL SHEAR. THUS...IT APPEARS THAT THE DEVELOPING TSTMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO EVOLVE INTO SUPERCELLS GIVEN THE FAVORABLE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL
WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS...THE BACKED NATURE OF SURFACE WINDS IS
CONTRIBUTING TO 0-1KM SRH VALUES OF AROUND 100 M2/S2 IN AN AREA OF
MODERATELY LOW LCL/LFC HEIGHTS. THERFORE...AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR
TWO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
WW WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED SOON.
..MEAD.. 06/11/2003
ATTN...WFO...FSD...OAX...ABR...GID...LBF...UNR...
42199939 43619972 44389988 44589990 44529866 44459776
42889741 41329716 41119777 41069909 41589927
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