MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0919
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0621 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL/NORTHERN KS AND EXTREME SOUTHERN NEB
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY 
   
   VALID 241121Z - 241215Z
   
   IT APPEARS THAT A NEW SEVERE TSTM WATCH WILL BE NEEDED THIS MORNING
   MAINLY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL/NORTHERN KS.
   
   AMID AMPLE ELEVATED INSTABILITY/STEEP LAPSE RATES ALOFT...A
   PERSISTENT/RELATIVELY WELL-ORGANIZED CLUSTERS OF TSTMS ONGOING
   ACROSS NORTHWEST/NORTH-CENTRAL KS SEEM LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO
   PROGRESS EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD AND POTENTIALLY GROW UPSCALE THROUGH THE
   MORNING ACROSS KS. SEVERE HAIL WILL BE THE INITIAL CONCERN...BUT
   DAMAGING WINDS MAY BECOME MORE OF A THREAT AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER
   HEATS AFTER SUNRISE.
   
   ..GUYER.. 05/24/2011
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...OAX...TOP...ICT...GID...DDC...GLD...
   
   LAT...LON   39349983 40089865 39979670 37869613 37709938 39349983