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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0727
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0407 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...WRN OH TO ERN KY
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 275...
VALID 110907Z - 111000Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 275
CONTINUES.
AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM REMAINS POSSIBLE OVER WRN
OH...BUT THE OVERALL DECREASE IN COVERAGE OF STRONGER STORMS ACROSS
WW 275 SHOULD ALLOW THIS WATCH TO EXPIRE AT 07Z.
AT 09Z...REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORM LOCATED
OVER THE FAR NRN EXTENT OF WW 275 IN WRN OH /HARDIN COUNTY/. NEW
TSTMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THIS PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL OH WHICH
APPEARS TO BE RECEIVING A FEED OF ELEVATED MODERATE INSTABILITY PER
WLY LOW LEVEL WINDS ACROSS NRN IND INTO OH. DESPITE THE AVAILABLE
INSTABILITY...WEAKENING EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH
MOVES FARTHER SSEWD AWAY FROM THIS REGION SHOULD LIMIT THE POTENTIAL
FOR ORGANIZATION AND MAINTAIN A DECREASING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
MEANWHILE...ACROSS THE REST OF WW 275...REGIONAL RADAR AND LIGHTNING
TRENDS SHOWED A SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE IN TSTM ACTIVITY WITH THE
SECOND AREA OF GREATER COVERAGE LOCATED ACROSS THE FAR SRN EXTENT OF
THIS WATCH IN SERN KY. THIS ACTIVITY IS LIKELY MORE CLOSELY TIED TO
FORCING FOR ASCENT ATTENDANT TO THE MIDLEVEL IMPULSE TRACKING SWD
ACROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. HOWEVER...CONVECTIVE TRENDS SHOWED
A LACK OF STRONGER CORES/UPDRAFTS OVER THIS AREA SINCE 0830Z AND
THIS MAY BE A RESULT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED IMPULSE LOSING ITS
INFLUENCE ACROSS SERN KY AS IT TRACKS SSEWD.
..PETERS.. 05/11/2011
ATTN...WFO...RLX...CLE...JKL...ILN...LMK...IWX...
LAT...LON 37538203 36998297 37098324 37948381 39178424 40678443
40788349 40428329 39578312 39498279 38888268 38068252
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