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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1001
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0250 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...SRN/ERN KS...WRN MO
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE
VALID 280750Z - 280915Z
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SRN/ERN KS THIS MORNING MAY
POSE A THREAT FOR ISOLATED LARGE HAIL. IT IS UNCERTAIN WHETHER A WW
WILL BE NECESSARY...BUT CONVECTIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRENDS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED.
AREA PROFILERS AND VWP/S SHOW 50 KT LLJ CENTERED OVER ERN OK...WITH
THE EXIT REGION FOCUSED OVER SRN KS. RAOBS AT 00Z INDICATE A ZONE OF
ROBUST LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE RETURN OCCURRING OVER THE
REGION...OVERLAYED BY STEEPENING MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES. COMBINATION
OF STRENGTHENING MESOSCALE ASCENT AND DESTABILIZATION IS AIDING IN
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER PORTIONS OF SRN KS. THESE STORMS WILL
MOVE EWD THROUGH THE NIGHT...PERHAPS ENTERING WRN MO TOWARD 12Z.
GIVEN MUCAPE VALUES FROM 1000-2000 J/KG AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR IN
EXCESS OF 50 KT/EFFECTIVE SRH NEAR 200 M2 S-2 MAY LEAD TO ELEVATED
SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT...POSING A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL.
..GARNER.. 05/28/2011
ATTN...WFO...SGF...EAX...TOP...ICT...DDC...
LAT...LON 37099461 37169933 37550001 38319984 38999834 39119455
38639328 37659329 37099461
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