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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1492
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0926 PM CDT SUN JUL 03 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS S-CENTRAL/WRN AZ...SERN CA.
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 591...
VALID 040226Z - 040430Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 591
CONTINUES.
TWO PRIMARY COLD POOLS ARE EVIDENT ATTM...WITH RELATED OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES ANALYZED AT 02Z AS FOLLOWS...
1. WRN PORTIONS LAS AREA TO NEAR EED THEN SEWD ACROSS SRN PORTIONS
MOHAVE/YAVAPAI COUNTIES TO NERN MARICOPA COUNTY...MOVING SWWD INTO
WW AREA ACROSS AZ PORTION.
2. CENTRAL YUMA TO ERN LA PAZ COUNTY...SPREADING NWWD ABOUT 30 KT
TOWARD LOWER CO RIVER AREA. BOUNDARY ARCHES EWD ACROSS SWRN YAVAPAI
COUNTY...INTERSECTING OUTFLOW FROM NRN CONVECTION.
TSTMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG BLENDED OUTFLOW/LIFT ZONE FROM SWRN
YAVAPAI COUNTY ESEWD ACROSS ERN MARICOPA COUNTY. DESPITE PASSAGE OF
SRN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS PHX AREA...ACCORDINGLY MODIFIED 00Z RAOB
SHOWS DEEP/WELL-MIXED SUBCLOUD LAYER STILL PRESENT WITH SFC TEMPS
NEAR 100 ..IN SUPPORT OF STG-DAMAGING DOWNDRAFT POTENTIAL FROM TSTMS
MOVING WWD FROM AREAS E-NE OF PHX. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OVER LA
PAZ COUNTY ALSO MAY REINFORCE OUTFLOW IN SUPPORT OF GUST POTENTIAL
BETWEEN EED-BLH...WHERE CORRIDOR OF 300-800 J/KG MLCAPE...DCAPE OVER
1000 J/KG AND SUPPORTIVE SELY MIDLEVEL WINDS WILL CHARACTERIZE
PRE-STORM/PRE-OUTFLOW ENVIRONMENT.
..EDWARDS.. 07/04/2011
ATTN...WFO...FGZ...PSR...VEF...SGX...
LAT...LON 32711552 33791633 35161645 35101475 34451295 33651087
33441201 33351356 32231407 32711552
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