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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0900
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0557 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2016

   AREAS AFFECTED...A SMALL PART OF THE TX PANHANDLE

   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 250...

   VALID 132257Z - 140000Z

   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 250 CONTINUES.

   SUMMARY...SIGNIFICANT SVR RISK IS INCREASING IN PORTIONS OF
   OLDHAM...POTTER...AND RANDALL COUNTIES IN THE TX PANHANDLE. THIS
   INCLUDES AREAS NEAR/N OF AMARILLO.

   DISCUSSION...A RIGHT-MOVING SUPERCELL HAS BECOME ESTABLISHED NW OF
   AMARILLO FOLLOWING MULTIPLE STORM SPLITS. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY
   RESIDE WITHIN A CORRIDOR OF VERY STRONG INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH
   MIDDLE 60S DEWPOINTS IN PROXIMITY TO A DIFFUSE OUTFLOW
   BOUNDARY...WHILE THE CELL MOVES EWD/ESEWD. THE AMA VWP SAMPLES
   AROUND 35 KT OF DEEP SHEAR WITH A VEERING WIND PROFILE IN THE LOWEST
   3 KM THAT MAY SUPPORT A MAINTAINED SUPERCELL STRUCTURE -- PERHAPS
   INTO THE AMARILLO AREA OR TO ITS NORTH. THE RISK FOR SIGNIFICANT SVR
   HAIL -- TWO-INCH HAIL OR LARGER -- AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO MAY
   ACCOMPANY THIS ACTIVITY.

   ..COHEN.. 06/13/2016


   ATTN...WFO...AMA...

   LAT...LON   35330240 35430196 35290171 35120172 35140214 35230239
               35330240 

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