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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1248
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0337 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...ERN TX PANHANDLE...WRN OK AND SWRN KS
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY
VALID 162037Z - 162200Z
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SWRN KS THROUGH WRN OK AND THE
TX PANHANDLE. THE STRONGER ACTIVITY MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED DAMAGING
WIND AND LARGE HAIL. WW WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDED SHORTLY.
SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES CUMULUS INCREASING WITHIN ZONE OF DEEP
MIXING AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG DRYLINE. STORMS WILL LIKELY
INITIALLY DEVELOP WHERE TEMPERATURES EXCEED 100F AND DEWPOINTS HAVE
MIXED DOWN INTO THE 40S SUPPORTING HIGH BASED CONVECTION WITHIN A
WEAKLY CAPPED AND DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER FROM THE TX PANHANDLE
INTO SWRN KS. EFFECTIVE SHEAR FROM 30-40 KT WILL SUPPORT POTENTIAL
FOR MULTICELLS AND SUPERCELLS. THE STORMS MAY INCREASE IN INTENSITY
AS THEY MOVE EWD INTO THE RICHER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE /UPPER 50S
DEWPOINTS/ AND STRONGER INSTABILITY /1500-2000 J/KG/ MLCAPE IN PLACE
ACROSS WRN OK AND SWRN KS. THERE IS ALSO SOME POSSIBILITY THAT
STORMS COULD EVENTUALLY INTERACT WITH A NW-SE ORIENTED OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY LOCATED FROM SWRN KS INTO N-CNTRL OK LATER THIS EVENING.
GIVEN THE HIGH BASED NATURE OF THE CONVECTION THE PRIMARY THREATS
SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL...EXCEPT
POSSIBLY LATER THIS EVENING WITH ANY STORMS THAT MAY INTERACT WITH
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS W-CNTRL KS WHERE ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT MAY
BE A LITTLE GREATER.
..DIAL.. 06/16/2011
ATTN...WFO...OUN...DDC...LUB...AMA...
LAT...LON 35750091 37000106 37660143 37910107 37810009 37009918
35719918 34369977 33890046 34170099 35750091
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