MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1491
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0347 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...E CENTRAL CO...NWRN KS...SWRN NEBRASKA
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL 
   
   VALID 242047Z - 242215Z
   
   SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND ARE EXPECTED TO
   DEVELOP WITHIN THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS.  A WW WILL BE ISSUED SOON.
   
   CU FIELDS ARE INCREASING ALONG DRYLINE / WARM FRONT INTERSECTION
   OVER E CENTRAL CO.  AIR MASS HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE JUST E OF THE
   DRYLINE WITH MLCAPES INCREASING TO OVER 3000 J/KG.  WIND PROFILES
   WILL REMAIN VERY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AS TROUGH APPROACHES. 
   RELATIVELY HIGH LCL/LFC HEIGHTS WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF TORNADOES
   LOW INITIALLY. HOWEVER...TORNADO THREAT MAY INCREASE FURTHER E INTO
   NEBRASKA LATER THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AS PRESSURES CONTINUE TO FALL
   AND STORMS MOVE / DEVELOP INTO MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 06/24/2003
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...LBF...GLD...
   
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