MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0167
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0125 PM CST THU MAR 04 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...ERN OK...WRN AR...SWRN MO
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL 
   
   VALID 041925Z - 042030Z
   
   ...TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ISSUED WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR FROM CENTRAL OK
   INTO SERN KS/SWRN MO/WRN AR...
   
   DEEPENING SFC LOW WILL TRACK NEWD ALONG RETREATING WARM FRONT ACROSS
   CENTRAL OK INTO SERN KS BY EARLY EVENING.  THIS FEATURE SHOULD
   CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AS SPEED MAX ALOFT INCREASES IN EXCESS OF 100KT
   ACROSS SERN OK.  LEWP HAS EVOLVED ALONG SURGING FRONTAL ZONE WITH
   EMBEDDED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS.  BOWING LINE SEGMENTS ARE ALSO
   GENERATING VERY STRONG WINDS...IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  LONG TRACK
   TORNADIC SUPERCELLS MAY SPREAD INTO ERN OK SHORTLY AFTER 21Z.
   
   ..DARROW.. 03/04/2004
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...LZK...SGF...SHV...EAX...TSA...TOP...ICT...FWD...OUN...
   
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