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Aug-28-2003 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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   SPC AC 280100
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0800 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2003
   
   VALID 280100Z - 281200Z
   
   THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM INL 30
   WNW AXN 40 SSW MHE 25 ENE VTN 30 NE SNY 20 S CDR 55 S Y22 50 N DIK
   50 NNW MOT
   
   THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 SSE
   WAL 25 SSE RIC 20 SE LYH 25 SE ROA 20 SSW ROA 15 E PSK 15 N ROA 30
   NNW LYH 30 W NHK 35 WSW DOV 30 WSW ILG 10 NW ILG 20 NE ACY
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 N GRI 20 S MCK 40
   WSW GLD 40 NW EHA 25 NE DHT 50 E AMA 30 ESE CSM 35 ESE END 35 NW BVO
   20 NNE EMP 15 ENE BIE 15 N GRI
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 55 E ELO 40 NNE BRD
   35 ENE AXN 40 WSW RWF 15 WSW OTG 35 NNW FOD 15 ESE MCW 30 ESE ALO 30
   W MLI 40 ESE BRL 20 NW SPI 10 WSW DEC 25 S DNV 30 NNE IND 30 NNE DAY
   25 ESE MFD 30 NE PIT 35 ENE AOO 30 E CXY 15 E NEL ...CONT... 25 SE
   ECG 20 WSW GSB 35 NNW FLO 25 SW CAE 50 S AGS 30 SW JAX GNV 30 S CTY
   ...CONT... 25 SE BPT 30 ENE HOU 10 WNW HOU 35 W HOU 55 S CLL 40 SW
   CLL 25 SE TPL 30 NW TPL 30 ESE BWD 30 WSW BWD 30 NE SJT 25 W SJT 65
   SW SJT 20 SE P07 ...CONT... 10 NNW CZZ 10 WNW NID 35 S TPH 50 S ELY
   35 WNW MLF 20 NNW BCE 25 W U17 35 WSW 4BL 15 ESE 4BL 50 SW MTJ 10 SW
   GJT 50 ESE VEL 55 SE RKS 50 NE RWL 10 W DGW 45 S 81V 45 WSW REJ 40 W
   DIK ISN 65 NNE ISN
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA
   AND NWRN MN...
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE DELMARVA REGION AND
   EXTREME SRN NJ...
   
   ...NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA AND NWRN MN...
   STRONG HEIGHT FALLS OF 60-90M PER 12 HOURS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
   EAST OVER THE NRN PLAINS TONIGHT AND RESULT IN A DEEPENING SURFACE
   LOW WHICH WILL TRACK NEWD FROM WRN ND INTO NWRN MN THROUGH DAYBREAK.
   SO FAR ACROSS THE REGION...CONVECTIVE INTENSITY APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN
   SOMEWHAT OFFSET BY RELATIVELY WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES DESPITE
   VERY FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL FORCING FOR ASCENT NEAR SURFACE LOW AND
   DRYLINE. THIS SITUATION MAY BEGIN TO CHANGE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS
   AS LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT...AND DECREASING STATIC STABILITY
   ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORT WAVE IMPULSE...SPREAD NEWD FROM ERN WY/MT.
   TSTMS SHOULD CONTINUE AND POSSIBLY INCREASE IN STRENGTH AND COVERAGE
   LATER TONIGHT AS CONVECTIVE INHIBITION CONTINUES TO WEAKEN WITH
   STEEPENING LAPSE RATES AND LOW LEVEL JET ACTS TO ENHANCE MASS
   CONVERGENCE FROM CNTRL/ERN SD NNEWD ACROSS ND. CLOUD BEARING SHEAR
   IS FORECAST TO INCREASE AS WIND MAX MOVES EWD. STORMS WITHIN
   EXPANDING WARM SECTOR WILL BE RELATIVELY HIGH BASED AND POSE A
   WIND/HAIL THREAT...WHILE ACTIVITY ALONG/NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT WILL
   REMAIN ELEVATED WITH PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL.
   
   
   ...DELMARVA REGION AND EXTREME SRN NJ...
   STRONG/SEVERE PREFRONTAL SQUALL LINE CONTINUES TO MOVE ESEWD FROM
   DELAWARE BAY SWWD TO NEAR LYH. WITH 30-40KT OF MID LEVEL FLOW
   ORIENTED NEARLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE LINE...AND A VERY UNSTABLE
   AIRMASS REMAINING TO THE EAST OF THE STRONG OUTFLOW...EXPECT SEVERE
   WIND THREAT AND ISOLD HAIL TO CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM FOR ANOTHER
   COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE CONVECTIVE INTENSITY BEGINS TO WANE.
   
   ..CARBIN.. 08/28/2003
   
   ...NOTICE...
   FOR USERS DECODING THE POINTS PARAGRAPH HEREIN...LATITUDE AND
   LONGITUDE POINTS FOR THE CATEGORICAL AND PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOK
   GRAPHICS ALSO ARE LOCATED IN A SEPARATE PRODUCT UNDER THE WMO
   HEADINGS WUUS01 PTSDY1...WUUS02 PTSDY2...AND WUUS03 PTSDY3.  THE
   INCLUSION OF POINTS IN THIS PRODUCT WILL EVENTUALLY BE DISCONTINUED.
   
   NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 0600Z
        
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