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May-13-2003 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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   STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK 
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWE46 KWNS.
   
   VALID 131630Z - 141200Z
   
   THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM CDS
   DDC MCK BUB LWD JEF JBR GLH SHV MWL 35 NW DRT 55 SSW P07 FST BGS
   CDS.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 50 SE BNO 70 E 4LW
   50 SE MHS 25 SSW MHS 25 ENE CEC 45 NW MFR 30 E EUG 45 SE DLS
   40 WSW BKE 50 SE BNO.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 S BPT 35 W BPT
   30 E CLL 35 ESE AUS 30 E SAT 55 NW LRD.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 WNW SRQ VRB.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 S GON 45 SSE UCA
   10 N ART.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 50 WNW 3B1 30 S AUG.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 60 N DVL 60 ENE STC
   35 NNE MSN 45 W LUK 55 NW CHA 45 E 0A8 20 E PNS.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 75 SSW GDP INK LBB
   AMA IML 81V 60 ENE BIL 45 NE HVR.
   
   
   
   FAST WEST-NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN IS PRESENT OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED
   STATES TODAY...WITH SEVERAL WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGHS TRACKING THROUGH
   THE REGION.  SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE TRANSPORTING GULF
   MOISTURE RAPIDLY NORTHWARD ACROSS TX/OK/KS...DESTABILIZING THE
   AIRMASS AND AIDING IN SCATTERED ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
   SOUTHEAST KS/NORTHEAST OK.  FURTHER ELEVATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED AS
   FAR NORTH AS SD/IA TODAY...WHILE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DEVELOPMENT
   ALONG THE DRYLINE OVER WESTERN KS/OK/TX.
   
   ...ERN SD/ERN NEB/WRN IA/ERN KS/WRN MO/ERN OK...
   SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS AND WARM ADVECTION HAVE AIDED IN
   SUSTAINING STRONG/SEVERE STORMS THIS MORNING OVER SOUTHEAST KS. 
   THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON AS
   AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE STORMS SLOWLY DESTABILIZES.  OTHER DEVELOPMENT
   IS EXPECTED ALONG AN AXIS FROM CURRENT CONVECTION INTO EASTERN
   NEB/WESTERN IA AND PERHAPS AS FAR NORTH AS EASTERN SD.  THE MORNING
   CONVECTIVE CLUSTER OVER KS MAY HAVE LESSENED THE MOIST INFLOW
   FARTHER NORTH.  HOWEVER...STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND MODERATE
   ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL POSE A RISK OF LARGE HAIL WITH THESE
   STORMS.  OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM MORNING STORMS MAY ALSO RESULT IN
   AFTERNOON SEVERE/SUPERCELL STORMS OVER CENTRAL/EASTERN KS.  THIS
   WOULD APPEAR TO BE THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST RISK OF ISOLATED
   TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON.
   
   ...WESTERN KS/OK/TX...
   LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS SURFACE DEWPOINTS RISING WELL INTO
   THE MID/UPPER 60S OVER WEST TX AND INTO WESTERN OK.  STRONG DAYTIME
   HEATING WILL ALLOW DRYLINE TO MIX EASTWARD TO ROUGHLY THE TX/OK
   BORDER...SOUTHWARD TO NEAR P07.  MODELS DISAGREE ON DEGREE OF
   FORCING AND CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL ALONG THIS AXIS.  HOWEVER...VERY
   UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR...AND ONLY A WEAK CAP
   SUGGEST THE THREAT OF ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. 
   THOSE STORMS THAT DEVELOP SHOULD BECOME QUICKLY SEVERE WITH A LARGE
   HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT.
    
   ..HART/NADEN.. 05/13/03
   
   NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 2000Z

        
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