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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1585
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0751 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF CNTRL/SRN OH...NWRN WV
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE
VALID 120051Z - 120145Z
THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN COVERAGE OVER PORTIONS OF CNTRL
OH...AND MAY AFFECT SRN OH/NWRN WV DURING THE NEXT FEW HRS.
CONVECTIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRENDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED
FOR ADDITIONAL WW ISSUANCE.
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AT 00Z SHOW A PRONOUNCED SURFACE COLD POOL
RESIDING ACROSS MUCH OF OH INTO WV. WARM/MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE
AIRMASS LOCATED OVER THE LWR OH VALLEY REGION IS BEING ADVECTED NEWD
INTO OH...AIDING IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ABOVE THE COLD POOL. IN
ADDITION...OTHER STORMS OVER WRN OH WILL ALSO BEGIN TO MOVE SEWD
TOWARD THE AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HRS. THE OBSERVED 00Z ILN RAOB
SAMPLES AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS...WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN
THE 80S/DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S COMBINED WITH STEEP MIDLEVEL LAPSE
RATES YIELDING MUCAPE VALUES UP TO 6000 J/KG. LOW AND DEEP LAYER
TROPOSPHERIC FLOW IS ALSO FAVORABLE FOR ORGANIZED MULTICELL AND
POSSIBLE SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT...POSING A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...IT IS UNCERTAIN WHETHER THUNDERSTORMS OVER
IND/WRN OH WILL DEVELOP A COLD POOL AND THEN PROPAGATE SWD...CUTTING
OFF UNSTABLE INFLOW TO CNTRL OH STORMS. GIVEN THIS UNCERTAINTY...A
NEW WW MAY NOT BE NEEDED...BUT CONVECTIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRENDS
WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED.
..GARNER.. 07/12/2011
ATTN...WFO...PBZ...RLX...CLE...ILN...
LAT...LON 39968050 38928097 38648218 38888308 39718340 40668301
40788199 40538096 39968050
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