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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0212
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0721 PM CDT MON APR 06 2015
AREAS AFFECTED...FAR SWRN OK/NWRN TX
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY
VALID 070021Z - 070245Z
PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...20 PERCENT
SUMMARY...A CONDITIONAL THREAT OF AN ISOLATED STORM WITH HAIL EXISTS
EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS WRN OK INTO NWRN TX.
DISCUSSION...A STEEP LAPSE RATE ENVIRONMENT EXISTS AT THE SFC AND
ALOFT NEAR THE DRYLINE FROM SWRN OK INTO NWRN TX WHERE HEATING
OCCURRED EARLIER TODAY AND BENEATH COOL PROFILES ALOFT.
A LEADING LOW-AMPLITUDE DISTURBANCE IS CURRENTLY AFFECTING THE AREA
AND MAY BE ENHANCING MIDLEVEL LIFT AND MOISTENING. 00Z SOUNDINGS
SHOW STRONG INSTABILITY IN PLACE...WITH VEERING SUPERCELL WIND
PROFILES BUT THE AIR MASS IS CAPPED IN THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR MASS.
HOWEVER...SOME INCREASE IN THE LOW-LEVEL JET AS WELL AS A BACKING OF
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE WARMER AIR MAY YIELD A QUICK STORM...BUT
CAPPING WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY WITH ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENT UNLIKELY.
AS SUCH...A CONDITIONAL THREAT OF LARGE HAIL EXISTS OVER A SMALL
AREA BUT A WATCH IS NOT EXPECTED.
..JEWELL/MEAD.. 04/07/2015
ATTN...WFO...OUN...LUB...
LAT...LON 34650012 35119948 35189899 34999847 34409849 34029892
33719998 33790042 34030051 34300043 34650012
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