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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0934
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0448 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL OK THROUGH N-CNTRL TX
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 356...
VALID 242148Z - 242315Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 356 CONTINUES.
SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES AND VERY
LARGE HAIL WILL MOVE INTO CNTRL OK AND N-CNTRL TX...LIKELY AFFECTING
THE OKLAHOMA CITY AND DALLAS-FORT WORTH METRO AREAS BETWEEN 5 AND 7
PM THIS EVENING. GREATEST THREAT CURRENTLY APPEARS ACROSS CNTRL AND
S-CNTRL OK.
A LINE OF DISCRETE SUPERCELLS THAT INITIATED ALONG THE DRYLINE
EXTENDS FROM NEAR ENID IN N-CNTRL OK SWD TO NEAR MINERAL WELLS IN
N-CNTRL TX. THE DOWNSTREAM ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE WITH
3000-4000 J/KG MLCAPE...VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES AND A MOIST BOUNDARY
LAYER. THE TWIN LAKES VWP ALREADY INDICATE VERY STRONG /60-70 KT/
SFC-6 KM SHEAR AND LARGE HODOGRAPHS WITH 300+ M2/S2 0-1 KM STORM
RELATIVE HELICITY. SEVERAL TORNADOES HAVE ALREADY BEEN
CONFIRMED...AND THIS PARAMETER SPACE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LONG TRACK...DAMAGING TORNADOES AND VERY LARGE
HAIL AS STORMS MOVE THROUGH CNTRL OK AND N-CNTRL TX NEXT FEW HOURS.
..DIAL.. 05/24/2011
ATTN...WFO...TSA...FWD...OUN...
LAT...LON 32799852 35419837 36539807 36869648 35609625 32769682
32799852
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