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Mesoscale Discussion 2062
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2062
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0315 PM CDT SAT AUG 02 2003
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL MO
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL 
   
   VALID 022015Z - 022215Z
   
   AREA IS BEING MONITORED FOR POSSIBILITY OF WW.
   
   WEAK SURFACE FRONT EXTENDS WEST SOUTHWESTWARD FROM THE QUINCY IL
   AREA INTO THE VICINITY OF KANSAS CITY MO.  AIR MASS HAS WARMED INTO
   THE MID/UPPER 80S IN NARROW CORRIDOR ALONG/SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY...
   AND HAS BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH MEAN MIXED LAYER CAPE AT OR
   ABOVE 2000 J/KG.  WITH ADDITIONAL HEATING DURING THE NEXT FEW
   HOURS...NEW INTENSE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT APPEARS LIKELY TO
   DEVELOP/BUILD WEST SOUTHWESTWARD FROM ONGOING ACTIVITY NEAR
   KIRKSVILLE MO INTO AREAS WEST/SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA.  THIS WILL BE
   AIDED BY FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH 40 KT MID-LEVEL JET STREAK DIGGING
   ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA...AND PROGGED INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS BY
   03/00Z.   VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES ALONG FRONT...IN CLOSER PROXIMITY
   TO SPEED MAXIMUM...WILL BE SUFFICIENT SUPERCELLS AND ENHANCED THREAT
   FOR LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL PERSIST INTO
   EARLY EVENING HOURS...SPREADING SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL
   MISSOURI.
   
   ..KERR.. 08/02/2003
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...LSX...SGF...EAX...
   
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