ZCZC SPCSWOMCD ALL ACUS11 KWNS 101702 SPC MCD 101702 WIZ000-MIZ000-MNZ000-IAZ000-101830- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0862 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1202 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016 AREAS AFFECTED...SRN AND ERN MN...NW WI...NRN IA CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY VALID 101702Z - 101830Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...80 PERCENT SUMMARY...A POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF THE UPPER MS VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WW ISSUANCE WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE REGION. DISCUSSION...LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A COLD FRONT OVER WRN MN EXTENDING SWWD INTO NE SD WITH A 1005 MB LOW OVER SCNTRL MN. A WARM FRONT EXTENDS EWD FROM THE SFC LOW INTO WRN WI WITH SFC WINDS LOCALLY BACKED TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE FRONT. A MOIST AIRMASS IS IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WITH SFC DEWPOINTS GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S F. ACCORDING TO MESOSCALE ANALYSIS...A POCKET OF MODERATE INSTABILITY IS LOCATED FROM NEAR THE SFC LOW IN SCNTRL MN EXTENDING SEWD INTO WRN WI. A COUPLE OF LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN CNTRL AND NE MN. THE WRF-HRRR SUGGEST THIS ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY INTENSIFY AND MOVE EWD ACROSS ERN MN INTO NW WI THIS AFTERNOON. REGIONAL WSR-88D VWPS ALONG THIS CORRIDOR SHOW WIND PROFILES WITH STRONG VEERING WITH HEIGHT IN THE LOW-LEVELS AND 40 TO 50 KT OF FLOW ABOVE 3 KM. THIS SHOULD SUPPORT A SEVERE THREAT AS A LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES THIS AFTERNOON. WIND DAMAGE WILL BE MOST LIKELY WITH BOWING SEGMENTS ALONG THE LINE. HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER CORES EMBEDDED IN THE LINE. ..BROYLES/WEISS.. 06/10/2016 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...MQT...GRB...DLH...ARX...MPX...DMX...FSD... LAT...LON 46158989 46999045 47289167 47189288 46309365 45209437 44459533 43989600 43519614 43199597 43029566 42999482 43599238 44279078 45238997 46158989 NNNN