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Mesoscale Discussion 1064
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1064
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1125 PM CDT WED JUN 01 2011
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF NRN KS AND SRN NEB
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 415...
   
   VALID 020425Z - 020500Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 415 CONTINUES.
   
   A NEW WW WILL BE COORDINATED SOON BETWEEN THE SPC AND WFO/S ACROSS
   SOUTH CENTRAL/SERN NEB AND NRN/NERN KS.
   
   REGIONAL RADAR AND IR SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED A LARGE ONGOING
   MCC CENTERED OVER NORTH CENTRAL-NERN KS INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEB. 
   THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN LOCATED ALONG AND GENERALLY N OF A
   QUASI-STATIONARY WARM FRONT WHICH AT 04Z EXTENDED FROM SWRN NEB INTO
   NWRN KS /W OF HLC/...AND THEN ESEWD TO RSL...SLN TO 25 NE EMP INTO
   WEST CENTRAL MO.  DESPITE RELATIVELY WEAK FORCING ALOFT...A BROAD
   40-50 KT SLY LLJ THROUGH CENTRAL KS WILL MAINTAIN AN ONGOING WAA
   REGIME ALONG AND N OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED WARM FRONT.  A MOIST AIR
   MASS EXISTS ACROSS THE AREA OF CONCERN /PW VALUES 1.5-2 INCH/.  THIS
   COMBINED WITH LATENT HEAT RELEASE WITHIN THIS EXTENSIVE STORM
   COMPLEX SUGGESTS THE THERMODYNAMIC PROFILE SHOULD REMAIN FAVORABLE
   FOR NEW TSTM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE SWRN-SRN PERIPHERY OF THIS MCC. 
   MODERATE INSTABILITY AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR AROUND 40 KT WILL
   MAINTAIN THE LIKELIHOOD FOR ORGANIZED STORMS WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING
   WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS.
   
   TRAINING STORMS WILL BE LIKELY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL NEB INTO NORTH
   CENTRAL TO NERN KS...WITH PRECIPITATION RATES /1-2 INCH PER HOUR/
   GIVEN THE HIGH PW VALUES.  AS THE LLJ VEERS TO SWLY OVERNIGHT...THE
   TSTM COMPLEX SHOULD SHIFT TOWARD THE ESE.
   
   ..PETERS.. 06/02/2011
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...TOP...ICT...GID...LBF...DDC...
   
   LAT...LON   39349555 38719552 38189596 38169748 38419892 38719893
               38769952 39319956 40019958 40200011 41309915 40929802
               40609777 40359773 39989739 39919565 39349555 
   
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