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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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