ZCZC SPCSWOMCD ALL ACUS11 KWNS 240555 SPC MCD 240555 SDZ000-NEZ000-MTZ000-WYZ000-240630- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1150 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1255 AM CDT WED JUN 24 2015 AREAS AFFECTED...WRN SD...NE WY CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 347... VALID 240555Z - 240630Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 347 CONTINUES. SUMMARY...A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. DISCUSSION...FORCING FOR ASCENT/DCVA DOWNSTREAM FROM A SUBTLE SHORT-WAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE NRN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION IN CONCERT WITH LOW-LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW HAS FOSTERED A SMALL CLUSTER OF TSTMS EARLY THIS MORNING OVER NERN WY. AND WHILE THE THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT IS CHARACTERIZED BY ONLY MARGINAL INSTABILITY...NON-HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE PERTURBATIONS --ARISING FROM THE STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR-- WILL CONTRIBUTE TO UPDRAFT INTENSITY AND A PROLONGED RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS ACTIVITY SPREADS EWD INTO THE BLACK HILLS EARLY THIS MORNING. ..MEAD.. 06/24/2015 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...LBF...UNR...CYS...BYZ... LAT...LON 43000208 43000208 43000248 43000405 43500508 43500508 44220508 44520508 44790508 45000508 45200404 45200397 45200369 45200355 45200348 45200300 45200295 45040200 45040200 44500200 44340200 43990201 43700201 43000208 43000208 NNNN