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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1882
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0123 PM CDT SUN AUG 07 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...WRN/CNTRL SD AND NEB
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY
VALID 071823Z - 071930Z
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE BLACK HILLS AND
ACROSS WRN/CNTRL NEB. HI-RES CONSENSUS GENERALLY SUGGESTS PRIMARY
INITIATION AROUND 21-22Z...WITH SUPERCELLS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
THEREAFTER. AREA IS BEING MONITORED FOR A WW.
CONVECTIVE INHIBITION CONTINUES TO ERODE AMIDST AMPLE DIURNAL
HEATING AND LOW LEVEL MOISTENING IN WARM ADVECTION REGIME. ALTHOUGH
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN ASSOCIATION WITH
ELEVATED CONVECTION NEAR THE N CNTRL NEB/S CNTRL SD BORDER AND THE
BLACK HILLS...SEVERE DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATER THIS
AFTERNOON IN FAVORABLE UPSLOPE FLOW ALONG THE BLACK HILLS...ALONG A
LEE TROUGH IN WRN NEB...AND ALONG A DIFFERENTIAL HEATING
BOUNDARY/REMNANT OUTFLOW OVER CNTRL NEB/SD AS STRATUS CLOUDS
CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE. INCREASED UPPER FORCING FOR ASCENT WILL OCCUR
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS A SUBTLE VORT MAX OVER NERN WY CONTINUE EWD.
STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES PER 12Z AREA SOUNDINGS NEAR 7.5-8.5 C/KM
AND VEERING WINDS WITH HEIGHT BENEATH STRENGTHENED MID/UPPER WLY
FLOW NEAR 30-50 KT SUGGEST STORMS MAY QUICKLY BECOME
SUPERCELLULAR...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...SEVERE WINDS...AND PERHAPS A
TORNADO BEFORE EVOLVING INTO ONE OR MORE MULTICELLULAR CLUSTERS.
..HURLBUT.. 08/07/2011
ATTN...WFO...GID...LBF...UNR...CYS...
LAT...LON 43440069 42289974 41479942 41119961 41000053 41340160
42050274 43070334 44200368 44780351 44990299 44390186
43680106 43440069
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