Apr 14, 2011 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Thu Apr 14 19:31:46 UTC 2011
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The SPC is forecasting ...severe thunderstorms expected over parts of the south-central plains this afternoon and tonight....   Please read the latest public statement about this event.

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   SPC AC 141928
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0228 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011
   
   VALID 142000Z - 151200Z
   
   ...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM SERN KS/SWRN MO SWD THRU
   ERN OK FAR WRN AR INTO PORTIONS OF NERN TX...
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL
   AND SRN PLAINS INTO  PARTS OF THE LOWER MS VALLEY...
   
   LITTLE CHANGE TO PREVIOUS OUTLOOK.
   
   LATEST VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS TCU DEVELOPING ALONG THE DRYLINE FROM S
   CNTRL KS SWD ALONG I-35 INTO N TX WHERE STRONG HEATING HAS ERODED
   CAP. MODIFIED 18Z OUN SOUNDING EXHIBITS STRONG INSTABILITY WITH
   SHEAR FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS. EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL MAY OCCUR AS
   WELL AS AN INCREASING TORNADO THREAT TOWARDS EVENING AS SUPERCELLS
   MATURE AND MOVE INTO A MORE FAVORABLE LCL ENVIRONMENT. FOR MORE
   INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 425.
   
   TO THE N...SEVERE STORMS WERE ERUPTING ALONG THE WARM FRONT FROM NRN
   KS INTO SRN NEB WITH MAINLY A HAIL THREAT CURRENTLY.
   HOWEVER...POCKETS OF HEATING AND FURTHER DESTABILIZATION MAY ALLOW
   FOR AN INCREASE IN EFFECTIVE LOW LEVEL SHEAR...WITH AN INCREASED
   THREAT OF ROTATION. EXPANDED TORNADO PROBS A BIT N TO THE NEB BORDER
   WHERE WARMING IS OCCURRING. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE
   DISCUSSION 424.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 04/14/2011
   
   .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1111 AM CDT THU APR 14 2011/
   
   ...CENTRAL AND SRN PLAINS...
   
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO OUTBREAK EXPECTED LATER THIS
   AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
   
   DEVELOPING UPPER LOW OVER CO/NM WILL DEEPEN ENEWD INTO CENTRAL KS BY
   TONIGHT AS POWERFUL UPSTREAM JET AND COLD ADVECTION ROTATE SEWD
   ACROSS SRN ROCKIES AND OUT INTO THE SRN PLAINS. SURFACE LOW NWRN OK
   DEEPENS NNEWD INTO KS THIS AFTERNOON WHILE A SECONDARY LOW TAKES
   SHAPE BY THIS EVENING SRN OK/TX BORDER IN RESPONSE TO APPROACH OF
   THE UPSTREAM JET AND LARGE SCALE ASCENT.
   
   PARAMETERS FAVORABLE FOR THE INITIATION OF THE FORECAST OUTBREAK OF
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FOCUS ON THE DRY LINE BY MID/LATE
   AFTERNOON.  FROM THE SURFACE LOW IN KS THE DRY LINE SHOULD MIX OUT
   TO A POSITION FROM NEAR RSL SSEWD TO ABOUT ICT AND THEN VICINITY
   I-35 INTO NRN TX.
   
   THE ONLY QUESTION WILL BE THE MOISTURE RETURN BUT GIVEN THE VERY
   STEEP LAPSE RATES AND STRONG HEATING...STRONG INSTABILITY WILL
   DEVELOP WITH MLCAPES AOA 2500 J/KG NWD AHEAD OF DRY LINE INTO
   CENTRAL/SERN KS.
   
   DISCRETE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL TAKE PLACE BY MID/LATE
   AFTERNOON BENEATH STRONGLY DIFFLUENT UPPER JET SPREADING ACROSS THE
   DRYLINE. THE STRONG INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH STRONG DEEP LAYER
   VERTICAL WIND SHEAR /NEAR 70 KT IN THE 0-8 KM LAYER/ WILL FAVOR A
   FEW LONGER-LIVED SUPERCELLS. VERY LARGE HAIL WILL DEVELOP RATHER
   QUICKLY ONCE INITIATION OCCURS. LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPH STRUCTURE ALSO
   FORECAST TO ENLARGE BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS LOW LEVEL
   JET BACKS AND INCREASES...WITH EFFECTIVE SRH VALUES INCREASING TO
   200-400 M2 S-2. THIS SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADIC
   SUPERCELLS...WITH POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOS.
   
   WITH THE SECONDARY LOW DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE RED RIVER THIS
   EVENING...HIGH RES MODELS SUPPORT A GREATER POTENTIAL FOR LONG LIVED
   TORNADIC SUPERCELLS THIS EVENING ACROSS SERN OK. DEEPER MOISTURE AND
   THE DIFFLUENCE OF THE APPROACHING 120KT UPPER JET MAX WILL BE
   FOCUSING ON THIS AREA BY THIS EVENING AND IT WILL BE MONITORED FOR A
   POSSIBLE UPGRADE IN THE AFTERNOON UPDATE IF THIS SCENARIO SEEMS
   LIKELY TO PLAY OUT.
   
   SURFACE COLD FRONT CURRENTLY NWRN OK SWWD INTO TX PANHANDLE IS
   FORECAST TO RAPIDLY MOVE ACROSS ERN OK INTO WRN AR AFTER 00Z.
   STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL LINEAR FORCING FOR ASCENT IS EXPECTED TO AID
   IN UPSCALE GROWTH TO A QLCS STRUCTURE. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY
   MOVE ACROSS AR AND SRN MO OVERNIGHT...POSING A THREAT FOR DAMAGING
   WINDS. THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE TORNADO POTENTIAL WITH EMBEDDED
   SUPERCELL STRUCTURES.
   
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