MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2253
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1206 PM CDT THU SEP 23 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...SRN MN
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL 
   
   VALID 231706Z - 231900Z
   
   ...POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS MAY BE INCREASING ACROSS CNTRL/SRN
   MN...
   
   RECENT RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS REFLECTIVITY IS INCREASING RAPIDLY ALONG
   THE LEADING EDGE OF THE CLOUD SHIELD...INDICATIVE OF THE IMPRESSIVE
   LARGE SCALE LIFT OCCURRING ATTM. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO LIGHTNING YET
   WITH THE CONVECTION...WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL MAY BE
   INCREASING...GIVEN MID/UPPER LEVEL JET MAXIMA CURRENTLY BEING
   SAMPLED BY VWP DATA FROM THE FSD RADAR. LATEST WV SHOWS UPPER LOW
   NEAR PIERRE SD AND STRONG SFC CYCLOGENESIS WILL OCCUR ACROSS ERN SD
   AS STRONG DYNAMIC FORCING CONTRIBUTES TO LARGE SCALE ASCENT
   SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA. 
   
   AS THE THREAT FOR WIND DAMAGE BECOMES MORE EVIDENT...A WW WILL BE
   CONSIDERED FOR THIS AREA.
   
   ..TAYLOR.. 09/23/2004
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...DLH...ARX...MPX...DMX...
   
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