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Mesoscale Discussion 1543
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1543
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0809 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2003
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...CO/NE/KS
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 604...605...
   
   VALID 290109Z - 290245Z
   
   ALSO CONCERNING WW 603...
   
   INTERESTING AND COMPLEX MESOANALYSIS ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS THIS
   EVENING WITH NUMEROUS CONVECTIVE OUTFLOWS MERGING ACROSS EAST CNTRL
   CO AND WRN KS...STRONG STREAMLINE CONFLUENCE ALONG WEST-EAST FRONTAL
   ZONE FROM NERN CO INTO NRN KS...AND STRONG PRESSURE RISES AND
   EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW NORTH OF THE FRONT...ACROSS SWRN NEB.
   
   POCKETS OF RESIDUAL INSTABILITY ARE LIKELY BEING TAPPED QUICKLY AS
   OUTFLOW COLLISIONS GENERATE NEW/INTENSE UPDRAFTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
   LINCOLN...ELBERT...AND ERN EL PASO COUNTIES IN CO. LARGE HAIL AND
   DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE MOST LIKELY FROM THIS ACTIVITY OVER THE NEXT
   HOUR OR SO.
   
   MEANWHILE...RING OUTFLOW FROM PERSISTENT CLUSTER OF STORMS OVER SWRN
   KS WAS MOVING NWWD AT 28KT AND MAY COLLIDE WITH STRONG OUTFLOW FROM
   SERN CO ACTIVITY NEAR THE WRN KS BORDER OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. IT
   REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF THIS CAN RESULT IN ADDITIONAL TSTM DEVELOPMENT
    WITHIN STRONGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS.
   
   FINALLY...PERHAPS THE MOST ORGANIZED AREA OF INTENSE DEEP CONVECTION
   WAS CONTINUING TO EVOLVE ACROSS NERN CO/SWRN NEB ATTM WITH A STRONG
   SMALL-SCALE BOW SIGNATURE/APPENDAGE DEVELOPING SEWD AT 20KT ACROSS
   PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NERN CO. LOW LEVEL STORM RELATIVE INFLOW OF 30KT
   AND STRONG CONVERGENCE AND INSTABILITY AXIS AHEAD OF THIS COMPLEX
   WOULD FAVOR CONTINUED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FROM HAIL/WIND AND
   POSSIBLY ISOLD TORNADOES AS THE STORMS DEVELOP ESEWD ACROSS NRN
   PARTS OF WW 605.
   
   ..CARBIN.. 06/29/2003
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...OUN...GID...LBF...DDC...GLD...AMA...PUB...BOU...ABQ...
   
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