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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0408
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0419 AM CDT MON APR 11 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL/ERN AR...EXTREME NWRN LA AND EXTREME NERN TX
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY
VALID 110919Z - 111015Z
...ISOLD DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE...
...NEW WW DOWNSTREAM FROM TORNADO WATCH 127 NOT LIKELY REQUIRED...
BASE OF UPPER TROUGH WAS BEGINNING TO EJECT ACROSS N TX/OK AT 09Z.
EARLIER WELL-ORGANIZED BOW ECHO THAT TRACKED SW-E OF THE DFW
METROPLEX HAS DIMINISHED. INSPECTION OF LATEST RUC FORECAST
SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT DOWNSTREAM CAP NEAR 700 MB MAY BE CULPRIT FOR
DIMINISHING SFC-BASED STORMS. IN FACT...MAJORITY OF STORMS ONGOING
ACROSS AR AND CNTRL TX ARE ELEVATED IN MORE OF AN ANAFRONTAL
SITUATION AS PARCELS NEED A BOOST FROM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TO REACH
LFC.
HIGHEST PROBABILITY FOR ISOLD DAMAGING WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR NEAR
TRACK OF A MESOSCALE VORTICITY CENTER TRACKING ENE FROM NEAR
OK/TX/AR BORDER ENE INTO CNTRL AR THROUGH DAYBREAK. THIS FEATURE
WILL ADVANCE OUT OF TORNADO WATCH 127...BUT THE ANTICIPATED ISOLD
NATURE TO THE SEVERE THREAT DOWNSTREAM SUGGESTS THAT A NEW WW IS NOT
LIKELY.
..RACY.. 04/11/2011
ATTN...WFO...MEG...LZK...SHV...
LAT...LON 32629557 35389306 36039229 35809111 35299082 34199149
32569330 31979479 32629557
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