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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0640
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0708 PM CDT TUE MAY 01 2007
AREAS AFFECTED...SCNTRL TX
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 207...
VALID 020008Z - 020145Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 207 CONTINUES.
CONDITIONS REMAIN RIPE FOR A FEW INTENSE STORMS WITH TORNADO
POTENTIAL...VERY LARGE HAIL...AND FLOODING RAINS...ACROSS PARTS OF
SCNTRL TX THIS EVENING.
CURRENTLY...MOST INTENSE ACTIVITY WAS FOCUSED ALONG RESIDUAL OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY WHERE ONE PARTICULARLY LONG-LIVED SUPERCELL WAS ANCHORED
OVER MASON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG TO OCCASIONALLY SEVERE ACTIVITY
WAS NOTED IN BURLESON COUNTY WHERE STRONGER LOW LEVEL JET IS FOCUSED
INTO THE BOUNDARY AND SHOULD SUPPORT EXCESSIVE RAIN FROM REPEAT
CONVECTION. VERY STRONG INSTABILITY RESIDES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
OUTFLOW AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO FUEL TSTM ACTIVITY THIS EVENING.
REGION IS BENEATH THE SRN PERIPHERY OF MODEST WLY MID LEVEL FLOW
/ABOUT 40KT/. FURTHERMORE...DIRECTIONAL SHEAR...ESPECIALLY INVOF THE
OUTFLOW...IS MORE THAN ADEQUATE TO SUSTAIN LOW LEVEL MESOCYCLONES
AND A TORNADO OR TWO FOR CELLS REMAINING NEAR THIS FEATURE.
UNLESS STORM SCALE INTERACTIONS LEAD TO UPSCALE DEVELOPMENT...IT
CURRENTLY APPEARS THAT CONVECTION MAY NOT INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY IN
COVERAGE THROUGH LATER TONIGHT. STRONGER LARGE SCALE DYNAMICS
SUPPORTING MORE WIDESPREAD ASCENT ACROSS THE REGION APPEAR TO BE
WEAKENING ATTM AND IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT ADDITIONAL WATCHES WILL
BE NEEDED.
..CARBIN.. 05/02/2007
ATTN...WFO...HGX...FWD...CRP...EWX...SJT...
29209584 28959634 29259666 29029697 29379724 29129757
29229767 28919817 29139845 29249879 29089879 29070014
29930003 30079981 30279973 30319934 30509932 30519949
30929944 30929971 31469957 31509914 31329863 30939843
30999783 30479710 30779646 31099592 31099565 30319579
29859582 29179589
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