ZCZC SPCSWOMCD ALL ACUS11 KWNS 262246 SPC MCD 262246 NEZ000-KSZ000-COZ000-WYZ000-270045- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1063 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0546 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016 AREAS AFFECTED...WRN NEB/NEB PANHANDLE...NE CO...NW KS...EXTREME SE WY CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE VALID 262246Z - 270045Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...40 PERCENT SUMMARY...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING AS TSTMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION. TRENDS ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL WW ISSUANCE. DISCUSSION...VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY HAS SHOWN INCREASINGLY AGITATED CU OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS ACROSS THE REGION WITH CONVECTIVE INITIATION NOW REALIZED OVER PORTIONS OF WRN NEB/NEB PANHANDLE. UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE RESULTING INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND LIFT LIKELY FAVORING ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT...PARTICULARLY NEAR THE DEEPENING SURFACE LOW OVER NE CO AND ITS ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT /LARGELY DELINEATED BY THE MOISTURE GRADIENT OVER THE AREA/. STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES ATOP THE WARM AND DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER ARE SUPPORTING MLCAPE AROUND 1000 TO 1500 J PER KG /BASED ON LATEST MESOANALYSIS/ AND MODEST WLY MID-LEVEL FLOW COUPLED WITH SELY SURFACE WINDS ARE RESULTING IN EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR AROUND 40 KT. THIS ENVIRONMENT IS CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING A FEW SUPERCELLS WITH AN ATTENDANT THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. ..MOSIER/EDWARDS.. 06/26/2016 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...GID...LBF...GLD...BOU...CYS... LAT...LON 39670417 40900501 42670238 42690096 41600000 40119957 38950093 39670417 NNNN