ZCZC SPCSWOMCD ALL ACUS11 KWNS 091542 SPC MCD 091542 IAZ000-MOZ000-NEZ000-091715- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1665 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1042 AM CDT FRI SEP 09 2016 AREAS AFFECTED...EASTERN NEBRASKA...WESTERN IOWA CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE VALID 091542Z - 091715Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...60 PERCENT SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA. LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY AS IT SPREADS/DEVELOPS INTO WESTERN IOWA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS BEING CONSIDERED. DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RECENTLY DEVELOPED ALONG FRONTAL ZONE FROM SCNTRL INTO NERN NEBRASKA. THIS ACTIVITY IS EVOLVING WITHIN A FAIRLY MOIST ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZED BY STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND MODEST DEEP-LAYER SHEAR. WHILE INHIBITION WAS NOTED ON 12Z SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...FRONTAL CONVERGENCE APPEARS MOSTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT IS LIKELY NEAR-SFC BASED TSTMS. LATEST MRMS DATA SUGGESTS SEVERAL CELLS ARE PRODUCING AT LEAST MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND HAIL WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN THREAT AS CONVECTION CONTINUES TO EVOLVE OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD SPREAD INTO WESTERN IOWA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE SFC FRONT SURGES SEWD. ..DARROW/GRAMS.. 09/09/2016 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...DMX...EAX...FSD...OAX...GID...LBF... LAT...LON 41139962 41819852 42499564 41809436 40729495 40009850 41139962 NNNN