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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0581
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0937 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...N-CENTRAL THROUGH E TX...WRN LA.
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 204...205...
VALID 260237Z - 260400Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 204...205...CONTINUES.
CLUSTER OF STG-SVR TSTMS...WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS BEARING
TORNADO/HAIL/WIND DAMAGE RISK...CONTINUES TO MOVE ESEWD ACROSS
E-CENTRAL TX TOWARD LFK AREA. ACTIVITY WILL BE IN SOME COUNTIES OF
WW 204 AFTER SCHEDULED 03Z EXPIRATION...AND STILL MAY BE UNDERWAY
NEAR 04Z EXPIRATION OF WW 205. THEREFORE EITHER WW MAY BE EXTENDED
IN TIME FOR AREAS STILL TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS ACTIVITY.
CONVECTIVE/INSTABILITY TRENDS WILL BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBILITY OF
ADDITIONAL WW OVER SE TX AND ADJACENT PORTIONS LA.
ENVIRONMENTAL MLCINH IS INCREASING WITHIN 50-75 NM AHEAD OF THESE
TSTMS...BASED ON MODIFIED LCH/SHV RAOBS AND RUC SOUNDINGS.
HOWEVER...UPDRAFT ENHANCEMENTS DUE TO INTERNAL DYNAMICS OF THESE
TSTMS MAY OVERCOME SUBCLOUD STABILIZATION...AND FORCE LIFTED PARCELS
TO REMAIN ROOTED NEAR SFC. IF THIS KEEPS OCCURRING UNTIL ACTIVITY
REACHES CONSIDERABLY MORE MOIST AIR MASS OVER PORTIONS SE TX AND
SWRN/W-CENTRAL LA...COMPLEX MAY PERSIST FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.
OVER SABINE RIVER REGION...SFC COOLING WILL BE MORE GRADUAL GIVEN
DEW POINTS NEAR 70 F...WITH MLCINH UNDER 50 J/KG. VERTICAL WIND
PROFILES WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE WITH 45-50 KT EFFECTIVE SHEAR
MAGNITUDES. BLEND OF POE VWP...LDB PROFILER AND RUC FCST WINDS
SUGGESTS LLJ ENHANCEMENT WILL LEAD TO 0-1 KM SRH 300-400 J/KG FOR
ANY CONVECTION THAT CAN PERSIST INTO JAS/POE REGION. TSTM
DEVELOPMENT STILL IS POSSIBLE ALONG DRYLINE NEAR I-35...AND COLD
FRONT INTERACTING WITH IT FROM N-S...HOWEVER STRENGTHENING MLCINH
APPEARS TO BE REDUCING PROBABILITY OF SUCH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
WITH TIME.
..EDWARDS.. 04/26/2011
ATTN...WFO...LCH...SHV...HGX...FWD...
LAT...LON 32109336 31829317 30829335 30539487 30639603 31599719
32649667 33339564 32789501 32109336
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