MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1520
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1240 PM CDT MON JUL 05 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...WRN NEB...NERN CO...NWRN KS
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL 
   
   VALID 051740Z - 051945Z
   
   THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH
   DAMAGING WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE.
   
   VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CUMULUS DEVELOPING FROM SWRN SD INTO
   SERN WY...AS WELL AS N CENTRAL CO...AHEAD OF STRONG UPPER SHORTWAVE.
    STRONG HEATING AHEAD OF SURFACE COLD FRONT ALONG A CDR - CYS LINE
   ALONG WITH RAPID COOLING ALOFT WILL STEEPEN LAPSE RATES AND INCREASE
   INSTABILITY.
   
   MBW PROFILER IN SERN WY INDICATES STRONG WLY FLOW OF 30-55 KTS ABOVE
   2 KM AGL.  THIS WIND ENERGY WILL HELP PRODUCE FAST SELY STORM
   MOTIONS OF 25-35 MPH.  FAST MOTIONS COMBINED WITH LOWERING SURFACE
   RH LEVELS SUGGEST DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE.  HAIL WILL BE
   LIKELY AS WELL WITH THE STRONGEST CELLS...BUT WILL NOT BE
   PARTICULARLY LARGE DUE TO MARGINAL INSTABILITY.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 07/05/2004
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...GID...LBF...UNR...GLD...BOU...CYS...
   
   39360510 40430497 40990412 41510375 42230316 43050256
   42289999 40239994 39310103