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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0346
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0125 PM CDT MON APR 04 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL/ERN KY
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 92...
VALID 041825Z - 041930Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 92 CONTINUES.
AREAS N/E OF WW 92 ARE BEING MONITORED FOR AN ADDITIONAL WW.
LEADING EDGE OF HIGH REFLECTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH A FAST-MOVING QLCS
WAS ROUGHLY BOUNDED FROM SPENCER TO SIMPSON COUNTIES IN KY AS OF
1815Z. EXTRAPOLATION OF 50-60 KT FORWARD PROPAGATION SPEED SUGGESTS
THIS QLCS WILL APPROACH THE NRN/ERN EXTENT OF WW 92 BETWEEN 20-21Z.
ALTHOUGH SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE
70S DOWNSTREAM OF THIS LINE...THE AXIS OF RICHER LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE
/CHARACTERIZED BY DEW POINTS AOA 60 F/ REMAINS FROM PORTIONS OF
CNTRL/WRN KY SWWD. GIVEN THE FAST PROPAGATION OF THE QLCS
INTERCEPTING THE RETURNING HIGHER-QUALITY BOUNDARY-LAYER
MOISTURE...THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY OVER THE ROBUSTNESS OF THE
SEVERE THREAT FARTHER TO THE N/E OF WW 92. NEVERTHELESS...50-60 KT
SWLYS AT 1 KM AGL AMIDST STRONG DEEP-LAYER SHEAR /PER AREA VAD WIND
PROFILES/ WILL REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF BOWING SEGMENTS AND TRANSIENT
LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATIONS PRODUCING PRIMARILY DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW
TORNADOES.
..GRAMS.. 04/04/2011
ATTN...WFO...RLX...MRX...JKL...ILN...LMK...OHX...
LAT...LON 36828665 37788575 38738486 39098351 38988286 38628220
38178202 37298226 36958263 36598312 36518364 36478432
36538536 36568610 36688643 36828665
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