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Oct- 4-2003 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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   SPC AC 041959
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0259 PM CDT SAT OCT 04 2003
   
   VALID 042000Z - 051200Z
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 WNW MHS 45 NW MFR
   10 NE EUG 30 SSW DLS 20 S PDT 40 NE BOI 15 ENE TWF 10 NW ENV 50 WNW
   ELY 30 SW U31 RNO 35 E RBL 35 WNW MHS.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 SSE SRQ MLB.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 ESE DUG 55 SW GUP
   30 SW CEZ 30 WSW MTJ 30 WNW ASE 15 S 4FC 35 W LIC 10 SSW LAA 40 ESE
   LBL END 15 SE TUL 15 SSE FYV 45 N HOT 40 NNW ELD 30 NE GGG 60 SSE
   DAL 40 WNW TPL 20 ENE JCT 20 WNW DRT.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 WSW MSS 40 WSW SLK
   10 N UCA 20 SSW SYR 45 NE BFD 40 NW YNG.
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...W TX/SRN OK...
   OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SHOWS AN AXIS OF 55-62 F SFC DEWPOINTS ACROSS WRN
   TX AND SERN NM WHERE MLCAPE VALUES HAVE RISEN TO AROUND 500 TO 1000
   J/KG THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE MTNS AND
   SHOULD MOVE SLOWLY EWD INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATE THIS
   AFTERNOON. LARGE-SCALE ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH A SHORTWAVE EVIDENT ON
   WV IMAGERY ACROSS WRN KS AND ERN CO SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR
   ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS W TX THROUGH THIS EVENING.
   OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SHOWS DEEP LAYER SHEAR OF 30 TO 40 KT IN PLACE
   MAINLY NORTH OF AN EL PASO TO MIDLAND LINE. THIS COMBINED WITH THE
   INSTABILITY AND MODERATELY STEEP LAPSE RATES...MAY BE ENOUGH FOR
   MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS. AS THE UPPER-LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVES EWD
   TONIGHT...THE STORMS WILL MOVE CLOSER TO THE DEVELOPING LOW-LEVEL
   JET IN NCNTRL TX AND SRN OK. THIS WILL SUPPORT ELEVATED STORMS AND A
   POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED HAIL MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. DUE TO THE WEAK
   INSTABILITY IN PLACE...THE SEVERE THREAT WILL REMAIN TOO MINIMAL FOR
   A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS THE AREA.
   
   ..BROYLES.. 10/04/2003
   
   ...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 0100Z
        
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