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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1307
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0833 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...NEB
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 513...515...
VALID 200133Z - 200300Z
CORRECTED WATCH TYPE IN CONCERNING LINE
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 513...515...CONTINUES.
INTENSE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ONGOING ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO AND
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA APPEARS TO BE IN THE PROCESS OF GRADUALLY
CONSOLIDATING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF BROADER SCALE ASCENT ASSOCIATED
WITH LOWER/MID TROPOSPHERIC WARM ADVECTION. DIFLUENT AND DIVERGENT
UPPER FLOW DOWNSTREAM OF THE VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE IMPULSE DIGGING
ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION IS SUPPORTING THIS ACTIVITY...WHICH
SHOULD CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE INTO A SEVERE MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE
SYSTEM THROUGH THE 03-05Z TIME. MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE FAIRLY
STEEP ACROSS MUCH OF NEBRASKA... CONTRIBUTING TO MODESTLY LARGE CAPE
FOR MOIST PARCELS WITHIN THE INFLOW LAYER. MID-LEVEL FLOW HAS
BACKED TO A SUBSTANTIAL SOUTHERLY COMPONENT...AND SOME UNCERTAINTY
EXISTS CONCERNING HOW FAST THE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP EASTWARD.
HOWEVER...THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES DO APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT SURFACE COLD POOL. ONCE FORMED...30 KT
EASTERLY SYSTEM-RELATIVE FLOW IN THE NEAR SURFACE LAYER COULD
SUPPORT AN EASTWARD ACCELERATION ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTHERN
NEBRASKA...ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCREASING RISK FOR POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
..KERR.. 06/20/2011
ATTN...WFO...OAX...GID...LBF...GLD...BOU...CYS...
LAT...LON 40800299 41480182 41910078 42189916 42129824 41859746
41159736 40349788 40099865 40110050 40090222 40800299
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