ZCZC SPCSWOMCD ALL ACUS11 KWNS 260223 SPC MCD 260223 TNZ000-KYZ000-ILZ000-MOZ000-ARZ000-260400- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0146 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0923 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 AREAS AFFECTED...SERN MO...NERN AR...EXTREME SRN IL...WRN KY AND NWRN TN CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 7... VALID 260223Z - 260400Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 7 CONTINUES. SUMMARY...THREAT FOR ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL WILL PERSIST MAINLY FROM SERN MO THROUGH SRN IL...NERN AR AND A SMALL PART OF WRN KY THROUGH 04Z. ACTIVITY WILL EVENTUALLY DEVELOP FARTHER SOUTH INTO WRN KY AND NWRN TN AFTER 04Z. DISCUSSION...AT 02Z A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM WRN KY...SERN MO...NCNTRL AND NWRN AR MOVING SLOWLY SWD. THE ATMOSPHERE SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY REMAINS MARGINALLY UNSTABLE...AND CONVECTIVE INHIBITION HAS INCREASED. GIVEN THE HOSTILE THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT IN THE WARM SECTOR...STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL LIKELY REMAIN CONFINED TO ALONG AND NORTH OF THE COLD FRONT. DESPITE THE ELEVATED NATURE OF THE CONVECTION...RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW ORGANIZED STRUCTURES. A BOWING SEGMENT WAS INDICATED OVER SERN MO AND UPDRAFT ROTATION WAS EVIDENT WITH CELLS OVER NRN AR AND SRN IL WHERE EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR REMAINS IN EXCESS OF 40 KT IN VICINITY OF THE FRONT. ..DIAL.. 03/26/2015 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...OHX...PAH...MEG...LSX... LAT...LON 37079087 37678955 37798813 37098797 36338809 36178912 36009065 36479105 37079087 NNNN