ZCZC SPCSWOMCD ALL ACUS11 KWNS 050429 SPC MCD 050429 NEZ000-KSZ000-050530- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0894 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1129 PM CDT THU JUN 04 2015 AREAS AFFECTED...NWRN AND N-CNTRL KS / S-CNTRL AND SWRN NEB CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 256... VALID 050429Z - 050530Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 256 CONTINUES. SUMMARY...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE-SIZED HAIL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LOCALIZED AND THE TORNADO RISK APPEARS TO HAVE DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE PAST 30-60 MINUTES. DISCUSSION...SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A SLOWLY COOLING BOUNDARY LAYER AS INDICATED BY TEMPS FALLING INTO THE UPPER 70S NEAR I-70 IN CNTRL KS TO THE UPPER 60S OVER NWRN KS AND S-CNTRL NEB. THE DIURNAL COOLING TREND COUPLED WITH EXPANDING COLD POOLS/OUTFLOW ARE PROMOTING THE TRANSITION TO AN ELEVATED TSTM MORPHOLOGY WITH THE PRIMARY RISK BEING LARGE HAIL. THE SEVERE-HAIL RISK WILL PROBABLY BECOME MORE LOCALIZED WITH TIME AS ADDITIONAL STORMS DEVELOP THEREBY AIDING IN NEAR-SURFACE STABILIZATION. THE TORNADO POTENTIAL HAS DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY ACROSS N-CNTRL KS AND...IN ABSENCE OF ANY FURTHER SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT...THE TORNADO THREAT WILL HAVE BECOME EXHAUSTED IF THIS ADDITIONAL FACTOR IS NOT REALIZED. ..SMITH.. 06/05/2015 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...ICT...GID...LBF...DDC...GLD... LAT...LON 38840051 40230105 40650016 40689887 39319849 38709901 38840051 NNNN