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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1242
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1152 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...EXTREME SERN KS INTO NERN OK
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE
VALID 161652Z - 161745Z
THREAT FOR ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL MAY INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON FROM EXTREME SERN KS INTO NERN OK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH MAY BE NEEDED SOON.
LATE THIS MORNING A CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM SERN KS
WWD THROUGH SWRN KS. THIS BOUNDARY INTERSECTS ANOTHER OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY IN SERN KS THAT STRETCHES FARTHER SE THROUGH NERN OK ONTO
NWRN AR. STORMS CONTINUE DEVELOPING AT THE BOUNDARY INTERSECTION
OVER SERN KS AS WELL AS WITHIN THE ZONE OF ISENTROPIC LIFT IN NERN
OK. THE ATMOSPHERE IS DESTABILIZING AND SURFACE BASED CONVECTIVE
INHIBITION IS WEAKENING IN VICINITY OF THE BOUNDARIES FROM N-CNTRL
THROUGH NERN OK. AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER WARMS THROUGH THE 80S INTO
THE LOW 90S MLCAPE WILL APPROACH OR EXCEED 2500 J/KG. RUC ANALYSIS
INDICATES AN IMPULSE MOVING OVER TOP OF SHORTWAVE RIDGE AND DROPPING
SEWD INTO SERN KS. A PERSISTENT SLY LLJ WILL MAINTAIN FAVORABLE
STORM RELATIVE INFLOW...AND STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE DEVELOPING
SEWD NEXT FEW HOURS GENERALLY ALONG AND ON COOL SIDE OF THE OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY IN NERN OK. EFFECTIVE VERTICAL SHEAR FROM 35-40 KT WILL
SUPPORT POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIZED STORM STRUCTURES WITH DAMAGING WIND
AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS.
..DIAL.. 06/16/2011
ATTN...WFO...TSA...ICT...OUN...
LAT...LON 37399573 36859523 36049445 35589441 35249481 35289584
35699660 36119706 36479737 36819753 37169755 37329664
37399573
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