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#1661 Postby TexasStooge » Tue May 23, 2006 9:24 pm
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0957
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0711 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS S-CENTRAL/SERN NE...N-CENTRAL THROUGH SWRN
KS.
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 381...
VALID 240011Z - 240215Z
SRN END OF NEARLY SOLID LINE OF STRONG-SVR TSTMS -- NEAR NEB BORDER
-- WILL CONTINUE MOVING EWD-ENEWD ACROSS NRN PORTIONS WW WITH
DAMAGING WIND AND OCCASIONAL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. VIS
IMAGERY...MODIFIED RAOBS AND RUC SOUNDINGS SUGGEST CINH HAS WEAKENED
CONSIDERABLY ACROSS PORTIONS SWRN THROUGH N-CENTRAL KS AS SFC COLD
FRONT APCHS PREFRONTAL WIND SHIFT/DRYLINE. SVR TSTM POTENTIAL MAY
EXTEND SWWD ACROSS PORTIONS SWRN/S-CENTRAL KS DURING NEXT 2-3 HOURS
BEFORE SFC DIABATIC COOLING ONCE AGAIN STRENGTHENS CINH. ADDITIONAL
OR REPLACEMENT WW MAY BE REQUIRED.
DEEP-LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES SHOULD REMAIN MRGL ACROSS THIS
REGION WITH 30-35 KT EFFECTIVE SHEAR IN RUC SOUNDINGS AND 00Z DDC
RAOB. HOWEVER...0-3 KM HODOGRAPHS WILL ENLARGE E OF FRONT/DRYLINE
AFTER SUNSET WHEN LLJ INCREASES...AND DEEP-LAYER DIRECTIONAL SHEAR
INCREASES SWD AND EWD BECAUSE OF MORE WLY MIDLEVEL FLOW COMPONENT.
BACKBUILDING ACTIVITY INITIALLY WILL BE HIGH BASED AND OUTFLOW/COLD
POOL PRONE BECAUSE OF DEEPLY MIXED SUBCLOUD LAYER...HOWEVER SOME
DISCRETE TSTMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG/AHEAD OF DRYLINE AND BECOME
SUSTAINED ON NOCTURNAL LLJ.
..EDWARDS.. 05/24/2006
ATTN...WFO...OAX...TOP...ICT...GID...DDC...GLD...
37790058 38509988 39719954 40779863 40979643 40009647
39999622 39559624 39409672 39049637 38839648 38859688
38599694 38589788 37450077
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#1662 Postby TexasStooge » Wed May 24, 2006 7:08 am
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0958
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1006 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS SWRN-CENTRAL-NERN KS...SERN TO EXTREME
E-CENTRAL NEB...EXTREME NWRN MO...WRN-CENTRAL IA...WRN-CENTRAL
MN...EXTREME E-CENTRAL ND.
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 383...384...
VALID 240306Z - 240500Z
LINE OF TSTMS -- CONTAINING INTERMITTENT BOW/LEWP FORMATIONS AND
RESPONSIBLE FOR NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL DURING
LAST 2-3 HOURS -- IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING EWD ACROSS
DISCUSSION AREA THROUGH REMAINDER LATE EVENING HOURS. PRIND
CONVECTIVE ORGANIZATION HAS PEAKED...PARTICULARLY FOR NRN PART OVER
MN/ERN ND...WHERE TSTMS WILL MOVE INTO ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZED BY
WEAKER BUOYANCY. HOWEVER...ENOUGH SVR POTENTIAL MAY REMAIN TO
WARRANT ADDITIONAL WW ISSUANCE OVER PORTIONS NERN KS...NWRN MO
AND/OR WRN/CENTRAL IA.
FOR NEXT 2-3 HOURS...DAMAGING GUST POTENTIAL SHOULD
PERSIST...PARTICULARLY WITH LEWP FEATURES SUCH AS THOSE MOVING
ACROSS LNK AREA AS OF 3Z. AIR MASS OVER MOST OF AREA SHOULD BE
CHARACTERIZED BY STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR...MLCAPES AROUND 1000 J/KG
AND RELATIVELY WELL MIXED SUBCLOUD LAYERS -- ABOVE SHALLOW LAYER OF
SFC COOLING. MLCAPES/MUCAPES SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT LARGER ACROSS
WRN/CENTRAL IA INVOF LOW LEVEL MOIST AXIS...EVIDENT AT SFC AND ON
ANALYZED 00Z 850/925 MB CHARTS. EFFECTIVE INFLOW PARCELS SHOULD
BECOME MORE ELEVATED WITH TIME AND WITH EWD EXTENT ACROSS
MN/IA...BUT WITH SUFFICIENT ELEVATED MUCAPE TO SUSTAIN TSTM
POTENTIAL. THEREFORE...WHILE TSTMS MAY PERSIST...OVERALL SEVERE
POTENTIAL SHOULD DIMINISH GRADUALLY BY APPROXIMATELY 6Z.
..EDWARDS.. 05/24/2006
ATTN...WFO...DLH...MPX...DMX...EAX...FGF...FSD...OAX...TOP...ICT...ABR...GID...DDC...
37520023 38229920 39649776 41609657 43249629 43899706
44419616 45319624 46369608 47239767 47769515 46959390
45379406 43919431 42149429 40569492 39999533 37739773
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#1663 Postby TexasStooge » Wed May 24, 2006 7:09 am
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0959
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0156 AM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...S-CNTRL IA INTO NWRN MO AND ERN KS
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
VALID 240656Z - 240830Z
POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL EXIST WITH
MOST INTENSE STORMS EARLY THIS MORNING. A NEW WW IS NOT ANTICIPATED
ATTM.
AS OF 0640Z...REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY SHOWED AN MCS ORGANIZED ALONG A
COLD POOL FROM NEAR DSM SWWD TO APPROXIMATELY 35 NE STJ MOVING
GENERALLY EWD AT 35 KTS. MESOANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT NRN PORTION OF
THIS COMPLEX IS REACHING EFFECTIVE WARM FRONT /EXTENDING FROM
N-CNTRL IA SSEWD THROUGH ERN MO/...DELINEATING THE ERN EDGE OF
PRIMARY INSTABILITY AXIS. THEREFORE...EXPECT ONGOING STORMS ALONG
AND N OF THE I-80 CORRIDOR TO WEAKEN AS THEY PROGRESS E OF A I-35
LONGITUDE.
FARTHER TO THE SW...MORE DISCRETE STORM DEVELOPMENT HAS OCCURRED
WITHIN THE PAST HOUR OVER FAR NERN KS /E OF TOP/...PRESUMABLY ALONG
SRN FRINGE OF STRONGER HEIGHT FALLS ASSOCIATED WITH EVOLVING UPPER
LOW OVER THE DAKOTAS. 40-50 KT SSWLY LLJ IS MAINTAINING AN INFLUX
OF 60-65 F DEWPOINTS INTO THIS REGION...THOUGH RUC FORECAST
SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT CAPPING INVERSION OBSERVED ON THE 24/00Z TOP
SOUNDING STILL EXISTS TO SOME DEGREE IN THE 850-650 MB LAYER.
THEREFORE...DESPITE RELATIVELY STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR /PER LATHROP MO
PROFILER/ AND MUCAPES OF 1000-2000 J/KG...THE REMAINING CAP MAY TEND
TO LIMIT STORM ORGANIZATION/INTENSITY.
AN ADDITIONAL WW IS NOT ANTICIPATED...THOUGH CONVECTIVE TRENDS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED.
..MEAD.. 05/24/2006
ATTN...WFO...SGF...DMX...EAX...OAX...TOP...ICT...
37859751 39089654 40339491 40919390 40679328 40009292
38699401 37899518 37649623 37549675
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#1664 Postby TexasStooge » Wed May 24, 2006 7:35 pm
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0960
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1127 AM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL/NE MO INTO PARTS OF SRN IA...PARTS OF WRN IL
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
VALID 241627Z - 241830Z
TIMING OF MORE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN SEVERE THREAT IS STILL A BIT
UNCERTAIN...BUT TRENDS ARE BEING MONITORED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A
WW.
BOUNDARY LAYER CONTINUES TO MOISTEN ON SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW...
ACROSS THE OZARK PLATEAU/LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY INTO PARTS OF THE
UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. DEW POINTS ARE NOW IN THE MID/UPPER 60S
ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN MISSOURI INTO SOUTHERN IOWA...WHERE MIXED
LAYER CAPE IS BECOMING MAXIMIZED BENEATH NORTHEASTERN PERIPHERY OF
ELEVATED MIXED LAYER WHICH HAS ADVECTED OFF THE MEXICAN PLATEAU
REGION. THIS IS STILL PROVIDING SUBSTANTIAL INHIBITION...BUT AN
AREA OF STRONGER MID/UPPER FORCING FOR UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION...TO
THE SOUTHEAST OF NORTHERN PLAINS CLOSED LOW...APPEARS TO BE SHIFTING
EAST NORTHEAST OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS. MODELS GENERALLY SUGGEST THIS
WILL PROVIDE SUFFICIENT MID-LEVEL COOLING/LIFT TO WEAKEN CAP...AND
SUPPORT INCREASING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL/NORTHEAST MISSOURI INTO SOUTHERN IOWA...LIKELY BY
20-21Z...PERHAPS AS EARLY AS 18-19Z.
INITIATION MAY ALREADY BE UNDERWAY EAST OF KANSAS CITY. THIS SEEMS
LIKELY TO BE BASED ABOVE LINGER RADIATIONAL INVERSION...BUT WITH
CONTINUED HEATING...STORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY BASED IN
BOUNDARY LAYER WITH CAPE IN EXCESS OF 2000 J/KG. SHEAR PROFILES
BENEATH MODERATELY STRONG CYCLONIC MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL BE SUPPORTIVE
OF ISOLATED SUPERCELLS WITH INITIAL ACTIVITY...BEFORE CONSOLIDATION
INTO LARGER CONVECTIVE SYSTEM OCCURS LATER THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING.
LARGE HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY STRONGER STORMS THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON...WITH A RISK FOR ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. GIVEN
FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES... LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS
APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES IN LONGER LIVED SUPERCELLS.
..KERR.. 05/24/2006
ATTN...WFO...LSX...DVN...SGF...DMX...EAX...
39519422 40139394 40979313 41849265 41969184 41249099
40249104 39159166 38679222 38619303 38779383 38959425
39209415
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#1665 Postby TexasStooge » Wed May 24, 2006 7:36 pm
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0961
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0129 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHERN MISSOURI
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
VALID 241829Z - 242030Z
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE
MAIN THREAT. A WW MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY BY
19-21Z.
CURRENT MESOANALYSIS INDICATES MLCAPE VALUES IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI TO
BE APPROACHING 2000 J/KG AND THE AIRMASS IS NOW MODERATELY UNSTABLE.
THE AREA IS STILL CAPPED WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 80S
F...BUT AS DAYTIME HEATING CONTINUES INTO THE LOW 90S F...THE CAP IS
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH...ALLOWING FOR STORMS TO DEVELOP IN WHAT WILL
BE A VERY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH MUCAPE VALUES APPROACHING 3500
J/KG BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE VERTICAL SHEAR STRUCTURE IS
FAIRLY UNIDIRECTIONAL...HOWEVER...SPEED SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH A
MID-LEVEL JET OF 35-50 KTS OVER THE AREA SUGGESTS STORMS THAT DO
DEVELOP COULD HAVE SOME ORGANIZATION...WITH THE MAIN CONVECTIVE MODE
LIKELY TO BE MULTICELLULAR. LOCALIZED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
ARE EXPECTED WITH STRONGER STORMS.
..LEVIT.. 05/24/2006
ATTN...WFO...PAH...LSX...LZK...SGF...EAX...TSA...
38209461 38339386 38409257 38449100 38169022 37819000
37359006 36639050 36499204 36529334 36569457 37109466
37809466
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#1666 Postby TexasStooge » Wed May 24, 2006 7:36 pm
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0962
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0137 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...WRN WI...ERN IA...NRN IL
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
VALID 241837Z - 242000Z
TRENDS ARE BEING MONITORED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ONE OR MORE WWS.
NARROWING TONGUE OF MOISTURE EAST OF OCCLUDED SURFACE LOW IS
BECOMING FOCUS FOR DESTABILIZATION ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY. MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE STILL FAIRLY STEEP ALONG AN AXIS
ACROSS EASTERN IOWA INTO PARTS OF WESTERN IOWA...WHERE SURFACE
HEATING IS CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASING BOUNDARY LAYER BASED
INSTABILITY. MIXED LAYER CAPE IS ALREADY IN EXCESS OF 1000 J/KG...
AND COULD...AT LEAST LOCALLY...APPROACH 2000 J/KG BY LATE AFTERNOON.
UNCERTAINTY EXISTS...BUT MID-LEVEL SUBSIDENCE MAY BE INHIBITIVE OF
VIGOROUS DEEP CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SHORT TERM. HOWEVER
...AS THE CLOSED LOW CONTINUES TO SHIFT EAST OF THE DAKOTAS...
INCREASED MID/UPPER FORCING SEEMS LIKELY TO SUPPORT AT LEAST
SCATTERED STORMS BY 21-22Z...IF NOT BEFORE. AS ACTIVITY
FORMS...MODERATELY SHEARED REGIME IN EXIT REGION OF MID-LEVEL JET
STREAK PROGRESSING THROUGH THE MID MISSOURI VALLEY WILL BE
SUFFICIENT FOR UPDRAFT ROTATION. ISOLATED SUPERCELLS ARE
POSSIBLE...WITH ENHANCED RISK FOR LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS...
POSSIBLY ISOLATED TORNADOES.
..KERR.. 05/24/2006
ATTN...WFO...GRB...LOT...MKX...DVN...DLH...ARX...MPX...DMX...
45889286 46049131 45418971 44718931 43208926 41708967
41269031 41259193 41469243 42799163 44899147
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#1667 Postby TexasStooge » Wed May 24, 2006 7:37 pm
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0963
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0223 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...MO...IL
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 385...
VALID 241923Z - 242100Z
CONTINUE WW. ADDITIONAL WW/S/ WILL BE NEEDED TO THE EAST BY LATE
AFTERNOON.
AREA OF STRONGER MID/UPPER FORCING CONTINUES TO DEVELOP EASTWARD
THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...WELL TO THE SOUTHEAST OF MAIN
CLOSED LOW. THIS IS SUPPORTING ONGOING INCREASING CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT...ROUGHLY CENTERED NEAR THE QUINCY/HANNIBAL AREA.
ACTIVITY MAY NOT BE COMPLETELY SURFACE-BASED JUST YET...BUT SHOULD
BECOME SO SHORTLY...WITH ADDITIONAL HEATING AND FORCING ALONG
CONVECTIVE OUTFLOWS. EMBEDDED WITHIN MOIST AIR MASS WITH MIXED
LAYER CAPE OF 2000 TO 3000 J/KG...WHICH HAS NOW SPREAD THROUGH MUCH
OF ILLINOIS...EVOLUTION OF GROWING/EXPANDING CONVECTIVE CLUSTER NOW
SEEMS LIKELY TO OCCUR FAIRLY QUICKLY. PORTIONS OF EVOLVING
CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WILL PROBABLY BEGIN DEVELOPING EAST OF WW
385...INTO THE SPRINGFIELD/DECATUR AREAS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND
AREAS NEAR/NORTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS BY 21Z. LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED
TORNADOES REMAIN MAIN THREAT NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...BUT DAMAGING
WIND POTENTIAL SHOULD INCREASE TOWARD 25/00Z.
..KERR.. 05/24/2006
ATTN...WFO...PAH...ILX...LSX...DVN...SGF...EAX...
39159252 40749006 40038781 38698787 38018918 38329101
38039260 38459350
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#1668 Postby TexasStooge » Wed May 24, 2006 7:37 pm
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0964
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0426 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...IND/IL
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 387...
VALID 242126Z - 242300Z
A LARGE CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD
AND SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT WRN IND BY EARLY EVENING. THE SEVERE
THREAT SHOULD EXPAND EWD OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND A WW WILL BE
ISSUED SHORTLY ACROSS PARTS OF IND.
LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SSWWD FROM ERN IA
ACROSS NRN MO WITH A WARM FRONT LOCATED FROM SRN WI SSEWD INTO WRN
IND. THE WARM SECTOR IS CHARACTERIZED BY MODERATE INSTABILITY AND
SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S F. AS THE WARM FRONT MOVES
EWD...INSTABILITY SHOULD INCREASE ACROSS IND SUSTAINING THE MCS
EARLY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...MODERATE VERTICAL SHEAR IN PLACE
SHOULD SUSTAIN A SUPERCELL THREAT WITH LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE
LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY AS THE LOW-LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS EARLY
THIS EVENING ACROSS THE REGION.
..BROYLES.. 05/24/2006
ATTN...WFO...LMK...IWX...IND...PAH...LOT...ILX...LSX...
38778880 39428943 40718917 41928831 42198704 41798551
40838498 39618540 38738633 38498765
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#1669 Postby TexasStooge » Wed May 24, 2006 7:39 pm
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0965
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0545 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...SRN MO
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
VALID 242245Z - 250045Z
ISOLATED SFC-BASED STORM INITIATION IS OCCURRING ACROSS SRN MO.
STORMS MAY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND A WW MAY BECOME NECESSARY ACROSS
THE REGION BY EARLY THIS EVENING.
OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS CURRENTLY SHOWS A MODERATE TO STRONGLY UNSTABLE
AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS SRN MO WITH MLCAPE VALUES RANGING FROM 3000
TO 4000 J/KG. THE CAPPING INVERSION HAS WEAKENED AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN INTENSITY. REGIONAL PROFILERS SHOW
ABOUT 40 KT OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR SUGGESTING SUPERCELLS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH DISCRETE STORMS EARLY THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH LOW-LEVEL
LAPSE RATES ARE NOT THAT STEEP DUE TO OUTFLOW FROM THIS MORNINGS
CONVECTION...MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE STEEP SUGGESTING THE INITIAL
THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL. AS LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES CONTINUE TO
STEEPEN EARLY THIS EVENING AND LOW-LEVEL FLOW STRENGTHENS...THE WIND
DAMAGE THREAT SHOULD ALSO INCREASE. THE WIND DAMAGE THREAT MAY
BECOME ENHANCED IF STORMS ORGANIZE INTO A LINE AS A COLD FRONT SAGS
SWD INTO SRN MO BY LATE THIS EVENING.
..BROYLES.. 05/24/2006
ATTN...WFO...PAH...MEG...LSX...SGF...TSA...
36529122 36539413 36849462 37469466 38029414 38049213
37939016 37498953 36818958 36529008
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#1670 Postby TexasStooge » Wed May 24, 2006 7:40 pm
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0966
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0624 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...ERN WI...FAR NE IL...WRN LAKE MICHIGAN
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
VALID 242324Z - 250100Z
THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD INCREASE ACROSS ERN WI...FAR NE IL AND WRN
LAKE MICHIGAN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS A LINE MOVES IN FROM THE
WEST. A WW SHOULD BECOME NECESSARY EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE
REGION.
A LINEAR MCS IS CURRENTLY ONGOING IN SCNTRL WI AND SHOULD CONTINUE
MOVING EWD...AFFECTING THE WRN SHORELINE OF LAKE MICHIGAN LATER THIS
EVENING. THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE LINE IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE
SUGGESTING THE LINE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE SUSTAINED THROUGH THE
EVENING. IN ADDITION...OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SHOWS A 50 KT MID-LEVEL
JET NOSING INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST WHICH IS ENHANCING
VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES. REGIONAL WSR-88D VWPS SHOW 40-45 KT OF 0-6
KM SHEAR SUGGESTING SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE EMBEDDED
IN THE LINE. ALTHOUGH SOME WEAKENING OF THE LINE MAY OCCUR AS THE
LINE APPROACHES THE MORE STABLE AIR OVER WRN LAKE MICHIGAN...LARGE
HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE MAY CONTINUE WITH THE STRONGER CELLS UNTIL THE
LINE MOVES OFFSHORE.
..BROYLES.. 05/24/2006
ATTN...WFO...GRB...LOT...MKX...
42228819 42508906 42938943 43748954 44458943 44858886
44998816 44798728 44548691 43828658 43018663 42468719
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#1671 Postby TexasStooge » Thu May 25, 2006 7:11 am
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0967
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0825 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...OK
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
VALID 250125Z - 250300Z
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS
NRN AND WRN OK WITH A POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS. HOWEVER...STORM COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN TOO ISOLATED TO
WARRANT A WW.
A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS OK AND
NORTH TX WHERE MLCAPE VALUES RANGE FROM 2000 TO 2500 J/KG. OBJECTIVE
ANALYSIS CURRENTLY SHOWS A WEAK CAPPING INVERSION PRESENT WITH
SEVERAL WEAKNESSES IN THE CAP OVER NCNTRL OK AND NEAR THE RED RIVER
IN NW TX. AS THE CUMULUS CONTINUES TO TOWER...A FEW STORMS MAY
INITIATE BUT SHOULD REMAIN VERY ISOLATED DUE TO THE LACK OF
LARGE-SCALE ASCENT ACROSS THE REGION. THE MOST LIKELY POINT OF
INITIATION APPEARS TO BE IN NRN OK NEAR A COLD FRONT. ALTHOUGH
REGIONAL PROFILERS SHOW ABOUT 30 KT OF VERTICAL SHEAR...THE MODERATE
TO STRONG INSTABILITY IN PLACE SUGGESTS SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT WILL
BE LIKELY UPON INITIATION. STEEP LAPSE RATES SHOULD BE FAVORABLE FOR
HAIL AND/OR ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH ANY STORM THAT
DEVELOPS.
..BROYLES.. 05/25/2006
ATTN...WFO...TSA...ICT...OUN...
37019704 36779656 36379652 35839696 35279803 34949898
35129963 35569986 36239964 36919880 37029768
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#1672 Postby TexasStooge » Thu May 25, 2006 7:11 am
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0968
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0859 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...FAR SRN IND AND NRN KY
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 390...
VALID 250159Z - 250330Z
A BOW ECHO WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS FAR SRN IND AND INTO NRN KY WITH
A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL. THE THREAT MAY EXTEND
AS FAR EAST AS LOUISVILLE BUT WEAKENING OF THE LINE IS ANTICIPATED
AS THE LINE MOVES EWD INTO DECREASING INSTABILITY.
LATEST SFC ANALYSIS CURRENTLY SHOWS A WARM FRONT EXTENDING SWD
ACROSS WRN IND INTO WRN KY. MODERATE INSTABILITY IS LOCATED WEST OF
THE FRONT WITH A TIGHT INSTABILITY GRADIENT PRESENT ALONG THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE LINEAR MCS IS MOVING EWD ALONG THE INSTABILITY
GRADIENT WITH A 50 KT MID-LEVEL JET LOCATED JUST BEHIND THE MCS. THE
UPPER-SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE JET IS ENHANCING LIFT AND SHEAR
WHICH MAY SUSTAIN THE SEVERE THREAT WITH THE MCS FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR
SO. HOWEVER...AS THE LINEAR MCS MOVES INTO WEAKENING INSTABILITY
ACROSS NRN KY AND SERN IND...THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD BEGIN TO
DIMINISH ACROSS THE REGION.
..BROYLES.. 05/25/2006
ATTN...WFO...ILN...LMK...IND...PAH...ILX...
37458531 37368758 38018819 38568802 38828725 38838574
38488498 37818492
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#1673 Postby TexasStooge » Thu May 25, 2006 11:58 am
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0969
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1108 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...TN INTO NRN AL/NRN GA
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 392...
VALID 251608Z - 251745Z
CONTINUE WW 392...AREAS TO THE SOUTH/EAST ARE BEING MONITORED FOR
POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL WWS.
TO THIS POINT...INTENSE CONVECTION HAS BEEN GENERALLY CONFINED TO
AREAS NEAR/SOUTH OF NASHVILLE...WITH PROPAGATION OCCURRING ALONG OLD
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH EXTENDS SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD CHATTANOOGA
...AIDED BY 30 KT MEAN WESTERLY FLOW. HOWEVER...AS REMAINING
INHIBITION FOR BOUNDARY LAYER BASED PARCELS IS ELIMINATED WITH
FURTHER HEATING NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...AN EXPANDING CLUSTER OF
STORMS SEEMS LIKELY TO EVOLVE. THIS IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR AS
CONVECTIVELY GENERATED SURFACE COLD POOL STRENGTHENS TO THE SOUTH OF
NASHVILLE. TENDENCY SHOULD BE FOR ASSOCIATED GUST FRONT TO ADVANCE
TOWARD THE CHATTANOOGA/HUNTSVILLE AREAS...ACCOMPANIED BY BROADENING
DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL BY 18-19Z...IN ADDITION TO CONTINUING RISK
FOR LARGE HAIL IN ENVIRONMENT WITH CAPE ON THE ORDER OF 2000 J/KG.
..KERR.. 05/25/2006
ATTN...WFO...GSP...MRX...FFC...OHX...BMX...HUN...MEG...
35948662 36118587 35788501 35528469 35268402 35168356
34448304 33938399 34268530 34508610 34728682 34788768
35128822 35808866 36338871 36068808 35848736
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#1674 Postby TexasStooge » Thu May 25, 2006 4:08 pm
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0970
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1200 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...SRN MI...WRN OH...MUCH OF IND...PARTS OF SRN/ERN IL
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
VALID 251700Z - 251900Z
TRENDS ARE BEING MONITORED FOR AN INCREASING SEVERE THREAT. ONE OR
MORE WWS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON...PERHAPS AS EARLY AS 18-19Z.
PRE-FRONTAL MOIST TONGUE EAST OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO
THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION IS SEASONABLY MOIST WITH SURFACE DEW
POINTS IN THE MID 60S TO NEAR 70F...AND THIS IS CONTRIBUTING TO
POTENTIALLY STRONG INSTABILITY WITH DAYTIME HEATING. DOWNWARD
MIXING OF DRIER AIR NEXT FEW HOURS MAY LOWER DEW POINTS SEVERAL
DEGREES...BUT MIXED LAYER CAPE ON THE ORDER OF 1000 TO 2000 J/KG
STILL APPEARS LIKELY. THIS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR INTENSE
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF INCREASINGLY SHEARED
REGIME ASSOCIATED WITH DIGGING UPSTREAM 50 KT 500 MB JET STREAK.
INHIBITION IS STILL SUBSTANTIAL ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY...BUT
IT IS ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF WEAKENING. FURTHER WEAKENING WILL
OCCUR AS MID/UPPER FORCING FOR UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION STRENGTHENS
DURING THE 18-21Z TIME FRAME. INITIATION OF SCATTERED CONVECTIVE
ACTIVITY SEEMS MOST LIKELY FROM PARTS OF NORTHERN INDIANA/ NORTHWEST
OHIO...POSSIBLY SOUTHERN MICHIGAN...BEFORE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
OCCURS SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA INTO PARTS OF
SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...AHEAD OF APPROACHING SURFACE FRONT.
ISOLATED SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY WITH RISK FOR LARGE HAIL/ DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS...POSSIBLY TORNADOES...BEFORE SEVERE THREAT INCREASES
FURTHER WITH UPSCALE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
..KERR.. 05/25/2006
ATTN...WFO...CLE...ILN...DTX...IWX...GRR...IND...PAH...LOT...ILX...LSX...
40868712 41658595 42348530 42548468 42478409 42138348
41508329 40928359 40338421 39688534 38758664 38188809
38228897 39068878 39638860
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#1675 Postby TexasStooge » Thu May 25, 2006 4:09 pm
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0971
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0214 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...SRN TN...NRN MS...NRN AL...NRN GA...WRN AND CNTRL
SC
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 392...
VALID 251914Z - 252045Z
CONTINUE REMAINING VALID PORTIONS OF WW TIL EXPIRATION. SEVERE
THREAT TO THE SOUTH/EAST OF WW 392 SEEMS LIKELY TO BE MARGINAL
ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL WWS.
PRESENTLY MOST SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT HAS DEVELOPED TO
THE SOUTHEAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THIS APPEARS TO
HAVE OCCURRED IN RESPONSE TO EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF WEAK MID/UPPER
FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH IMPULSE ON SOUTHERN FRINGE OF STRONGER
WESTERLIES...WHICH WILL CONTINUE SLOWLY TO THE EAST OF THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE LACK OF DEVELOPMENT OF A MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SURFACE COLD POOL IS TENDING TO LIMIT SEVERE
THREAT...BUT INSTABILITY IN WEAKLY SHEARED REGIME ACROSS NORTHERN
GEORGIA INTO SOUTH CAROLINA MAY REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF SPORADIC
MARGINAL SEVERE HAIL/WIND GUSTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
UPSTREAM...DESPITE MID-LEVEL SUBSIDENCE...LOW-LEVEL CONFLUENT FLOW
IN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH MIXED LAYER CAPE TO 2000 J/KG MAY STILL
SUPPORT ADDITIONAL STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN
TENNESSEE INTO PARTS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI/NORTHERN ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST GEORGIA. HOWEVER...SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN TENNESSEE
BORDER...MID-LEVEL FLOW/DEEP LAYER SHEAR LIKELY WILL REMAIN WEAK.
THIS IS EXPECTED TO LIMIT SEVERE THREAT TO ISOLATED PULSE EVENTS.
..KERR.. 05/25/2006
ATTN...WFO...CAE...GSP...MRX...FFC...OHX...BMX...HUN...MEG...
35328912 35898840 35998703 35628609 35308481 35148317
35258219 35038105 34458049 33528139 33008324 33378490
33528589 33588721 34058863 34558917
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#1676 Postby TexasStooge » Thu May 25, 2006 4:09 pm
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0972
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0221 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL AND ERN OH/NCNTRL KY
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
VALID 251921Z - 252015Z
...ADDITIONAL WEATHER WATCH WILL BE NEEDED SHORTLY ACROSS CNTRL/ERN
OH AND NCNTRL KY...
STORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NW OH...WITHIN AN
ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZED BY 30-35 KT DEEP LAYER SHEAR. STORM MODE
WILL BE SUPERCELLULAR...WITH POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL.
SPECIAL SOUNDING FROM ILN INDICATED STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE
RATES...WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF CONVECTIVE INHIBITION. BILLOWS NOTED
ACROSS ERN OH PER LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE SUGGESTS IT IS STILL
SLIGHTLY CAPPED THAT FAR EAST...SO WATCH MAY NOT INITIALLY BE ISSUED
TO OH/PA BORDER.
..TAYLOR.. 05/25/2006
ATTN...WFO...PBZ...RLX...CLE...JKL...ILN...LMK...
39848146 38018267 38058414 39158447 41258337 41818278
41938141 41668084 40648110
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#1677 Postby TexasStooge » Thu May 25, 2006 4:09 pm
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0973
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0250 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...SERN IL/SRN IND
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 393...
VALID 251950Z - 252115Z
...THREAT FOR TORNADOES APPEARS TO BE INCREASING ACROSS SRN
INDIANA...
A BROKEN LINE OF SUPERCELLS HAS FORMED FROM SERN IL ACROSS SRN
PORTIONS OF INDIANA...WITH VERY STRONG ROTATIONAL COUPLETS NOTED
FROM INDIANAPOLIS AND LOUISVILLE KY RADARS. ADDITIONAL STRONG CELLS
ARE DEVELOPING SOUTH AND EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS WITH 2 INCH HAIL
REPORTED RECENTLY JUST SOUTH OF MUNCIE INDIANA IN HENRY COUNTY.
OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS AND SFC OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THE ENVIRONMENT HAS
BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WITH LATEST MLCAPE VALUES EXCEEDING 2500 J/KG.
WITH SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S AND STRONG DIRECTIONAL SHEAR
/PER VWP DATA/...THERE IS AN INCREASING CONCERN FOR TORNADOES.
..TAYLOR.. 05/25/2006
ATTN...WFO...ILN...LMK...IND...PAH...ILX...
37948603 37958886 39618792 40168676 39978513 39528485
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#1678 Postby TexasStooge » Thu May 25, 2006 4:10 pm
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0974
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0341 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...SE CO/SW KS/ERN NM/TX PANHANDLE
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
VALID 252041Z - 252245Z
...WATCH MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SE CO/SW KS AND THE TX
PANHANDLE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...
TSTMS/TOWERING CUMULUS HAVE DEVELOPED WITHIN WELL MIXED BOUNDARY
LAYER ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS...WITH THE MOST ROBUST CELLS OVER BACA
COUNTY CO. TEMP/DEWPOINT SPREADS ARE ON THE ORDER OF 60 DEGREES...SO
MICROBURST WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT. THERE IS A WEAK
IMPULSE MOVING ACROSS SRN CO APPARENT IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...AND
THE FACT THAT STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS EARLY INDICATES THERE IS
SOME LARGE SCALE ASCENT. WIND FIELDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME STRONGER
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO STORM
ORGANIZATION. LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW UNDER WESTERLY WINDS ALOFT WILL
SUPPORT ROTATING UPDRAFTS...WITH THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WIND GUSTS
AND LARGE HAIL. LOW LEVEL JET WILL INCREASE...PARTICULARLY AFTER
00Z-03Z AND STORMS MAY ORGANIZE INTO AN MCS AFTER DARK. WATCH MAY BE
NEEDED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
..TAYLOR.. 05/25/2006
ATTN...WFO...DDC...GLD...LUB...AMA...MAF...PUB...ABQ...
34620121 33470198 33280318 33850384 35680431 37300411
37890350 38360309 38430111 36300067
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#1679 Postby TexasStooge » Thu May 25, 2006 4:10 pm
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0975
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0351 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF SRN IL...SRN MO...NRN AR...NE OK
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
VALID 252051Z - 252145Z
TRENDS ARE BEING MONITORED FOR INCREASING SEVERE THREAT AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF A WW.
ALTHOUGH STRONGER FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH DIGGING CLOSED LOW/SHORT
WAVE TROUGH IS WELL EAST OF REGION...MID-LEVEL MOISTENING/COOLING
EVIDENT ALONG SOUTHWESTERN PERIPHERY OF FEATURE IS BEGINNING TO
OVERSPREAD SURFACE FRONT...NOW BECOMING QUASI-STATIONARY ACROSS THE
OZARK PLATEAU REGION. HEATED MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AIR MASS ALONG/
SOUTH OF FRONT HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE...WITH OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS
INDICATING MIXED LAYER CAPE OF 3000 TO 4000 J/KG. FURTHER WEAKENING
OF INHIBITION IN WEAK BUT CONFLUENT LOW-LEVEL FLOW REGIME THROUGH
22-23Z SEEMS LIKELY TO SUPPORT AT LEAST WIDELY SCATTERED INTENSE
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. VEERING OF WINDS WITH HEIGHT BENEATH
MODERATE WEST NORTHWESTERLY MID-LEVEL FLOW SHOULD PROVE FAVORABLE
FOR SUPERCELLS...MAINLY WITH POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE HAIL...
POSSIBLY ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
..KERR.. 05/25/2006
ATTN...WFO...PAH...MEG...LSX...LZK...SGF...TSA...
37089485 37259393 37249248 37289142 37618993 37828904
37078857 36698968 35519194 35429384 35579458 36169571
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#1680 Postby TexasStooge » Fri May 26, 2006 6:39 am
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0976
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0444 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...FAR SRN IND...WRN KY...FAR SRN IL...FAR SE MO
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 393...
VALID 252144Z - 252315Z
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A STRONG TORNADO OR TWO LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS FAR SRN IND AND WRN KY. ALSO...LARGE
HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. A
TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY ACROSS WRN KY.
LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A MOIST AXIS EXTENDING NWD ACROSS WRN TN
INTO WRN KY WHERE DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE UPPER 60S F TO LOWER 70S F.
AS A RESULT...THE AIRMASS IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE SOUTH OF A LINE OF
SEVERE STORMS MOVING SEWD THROUGH SRN IND ATTM. REGIONAL WSR-88D
VWPS CURRENTLY SHOW MODERATE VERTICAL SHEAR IN PLACE WITH STRONG
LOW-LEVEL SHEAR PROFILES. THIS COMBINED WITH RELATIVELY LOW-LCL
HEIGHTS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES WITH SUPERCELLS THAT MOVE
SEWD ACROSS FAR SRN IND AND WRN KY NEAR THE OH RIVER THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. A STRONG TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY AS THE
LOW-LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS EARLY THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND WIND
DAMAGE WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS IN THE LINE. IN
ADDITION...THE THREAT FOR SUPERCELLS WITH TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND
WIND DAMAGE SHOULD EXPAND SWD ACROSS MOST OF WRN KY THIS EVENING AS
STORM COVERAGE INCREASES AND A LARGE LINEAR MCS DEVELOPS ACROSS THE
REGION.
..BROYLES.. 05/25/2006
ATTN...WFO...JKL...ILN...LMK...OHX...PAH...LSX...
36658604 36538859 36558984 36969013 37599008 38068952
38408775 38478620 38438473 38098415 37448407 36978423
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