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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0571
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0128 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...NORTH-CENTRAL/NORTHEAST TX AND EASTERN OK TO
AR/NORTHWEST LA
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 201...
VALID 251828Z - 252000Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 201 CONTINUES.
TORNADO WATCH 201 CONTINUES UNTIL 23Z...WITH A RISK OF
TORNADOES/LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
A NUMBER OF STRONG/SEVERE TSTMS...WITH A COMPLEX CONVECTIVE
MODE...CONTINUE TO OCCUR WITHIN A CORRIDOR OF PRE-FRONTAL CONFLUENCE
FROM NORTHEAST TX INTO SOUTHEAST OK/FAR WESTERN AR...WITH OTHER MORE
RECENT/SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT BEGINNING TO OCCUR FARTHER WEST NEAR THE
MERGING COLD FRONT/DRYLINE FORM SOUTH-CENTRAL OK INTO NORTH-CENTRAL
TX. IN THE WESTERNMOST PORTIONS OF TORNADO WATCH 201...VISIBLE
SATELLITE/SURFACE OBSERVATIONS REFLECT A NARROW CORRIDOR OF STRONGER
IMPLIED SURFACE BASED DESTABILIZATION READILY OCCURRING
ALONG/IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF AND NEAR THE MERGING SOUTHEAST MOVING
COLD FRONT/EASTWARD ADVANCING DRYLINE. HERE...MODIFICATIONS OF THE
12Z DALLAS-FORT WORTH OBSERVED RAOB ARE NOW SUGGESTIVE OF 3500+ J/KG
OF WEAKLY CAPPED MLCAPE AMID UPPER 60S F SURFACE DEWPOINTS. WITH AN
INITIALLY MORE ISOLATED/SEMI-DISCRETE INITIATION EXPECTED...THESE
STORMS MAY PROVIDE THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL TORNADO/VERY LARGE HAIL
THREAT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS WW 201.
THAT SAID...ANY STORMS...AHEAD OF THE ENE-ADVANCING OK SURFACE LOW
AND ALONG/SOUTH OF THE WEST-EAST CONVECTIVELY REINFORCED BOUNDARY
FROM EAST-CENTRAL OK INTO CENTRAL AR...AND POINTS WEST-SOUTHWARD
INTO THE WARM SECTOR...MAY POSE A TORNADO THREAT WITH A RELATIVELY
RICH SRH ENVIRONMENT PER REGIONAL WSR-88D VWPS/PROFILERS.
WITH NORTH EXTENT...SURFACE BASED DESTABILIZATION REMAINS MORE
UNCERTAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST OK/NORTHERN AR OWING TO CONSIDERABLE
ONGOING CONVECTION...ALTHOUGH THESE AREAS WILL BE MONITORED FOR
BOUNDARY LAYER RECOVERY/DESTABILIZATION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IN
SPITE OF THE EXTENSIVE ONGOING CONVECTION...AT LEAST SOME NORTHWARD
ADVANCEMENT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED WEST-EAST BOUNDARY SEEMS PROBABLE
AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING.
..GUYER.. 04/25/2011
ATTN...WFO...LZK...SHV...TSA...FWD...OUN...
LAT...LON 31939833 33529824 36149600 35749343 34259363 32439446
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