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Jun-21-2003 0800 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
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   STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK 
   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWI47 KWNS.
   
   VALID 221200Z - 231200Z
   
   THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PORTIONS OF ERN SD...ERN
   NE...SWRN MN AND WRN IA.  THIS AREA IS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
   35 ESE STC 30 NW MCW 50 W DSM 20 NE FNB 25 SSE BIE 35 SSE HSI
   30 ESE ANW 20 SW 9V9 40 WNW HON 40 NE ABR 35 SSE FAR 15 NW BRD
   35 ESE STC.
   
   THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
   40 WSW CMX 40 W CWA 20 WSW CID 20 SSW P35 40 WSW CNU 30 NE PNC
   20 SW P28 25 SSE HLC 35 SSW ANW 50 SSW PIR 15 ENE MBG 30 SSW GFK
   30 ESE RRT.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 SSW CTY 30 N DAB.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 ESE BPT
   25 NNW POE 50 E MLU 40 SE MEI 30 S CEW.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 ESE ESC
   15 ENE MKE 35 N ALN 25 S TBN 35 NNE MKO OKC 35 S DDC 30 WNW LBF
   40 E AIA 30 NE LAR 20 WNW RKS WEY 50 NNW FCA.
   
   
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   LARGE SCALE TROUGH OVER NWRN QUARTER OF CONUS DELIVERS A STRONG
   MID/UPPER LEVEL WIND MAX EWD ACROSS NRN PLAINS AS UPSTREAM S/WV
   DIGS SEWD INTO PAC NW THIS FORECAST PERIOD.  THE DEEP/VERTICALLY
   STACKED LOW OVER SASKATCHEWAN MOVES SLOWLY NEWD AS THE ASSOCIATED
   COLD FRONT PUSHING EWD ALONG NRN MN/CANADA BORDER THEN TRAILS SWWD 
   AND BECOMES QUASISTATIONARY INTO CENTRAL SD AND THEN WSWWD INTO NRN
   UT.  SECONDARY SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS OVER SD NEAR INTERSECTION OF
   FRONTAL BOUNDARY  AND DRY LINE WHICH EXTENDS SWD THRU CENTRAL
   NEB/KS INTO SWRN TX.
   
   ....ERN SD/NE AND WRN IA/MN...
   STRONG 40-50KT SLY LOW LEVEL JET FROM CENTRAL KS INTO WRN MN
   COUPLED WITH 50-60 KT 500MB WIND MAX ROTATING EWD ACROSS DAKOTAS
   DURING AFTERNOON WILL PROVIDE POTENT KINEMATICS FOR SEVERE
   THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THIS AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING.  VERY
   MOIST AND EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH MLCAPES AOA 4000 J/KG TO
   EAST OF DRY LINE COINCIDENT WITH LAPSE RATES OF AROUND 8C/KM ABOVE
   THE CAPPING INVERSION WILL PROVIDE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE SEVERE
   THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BY MID/LATE AFTERNOON WHEN CAP WILL WEAKEN
   SUFFICIENTLY.  INITIATION MOST LIKELY VICINITY OF DRY LINE WHERE
   TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO RISE WELL INTO THE 90S AND IN THE
   CONVERGENCE E/NE OF SURFACE LOW OVER CENTRAL SD AND ALONG
   QUASISTATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEWD INTO MN.
   
   VEERING LOW LEVEL SHEAR PROFILES WITH HELICITIES 200-300 MS/S2 ON
   ETA MODEL SOUNDINGS ACROSS MUCH OF MDT RISK AREA BY MID AFTERNOON
   VICINITY LOW LEVEL JET...INDICATE SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT LIKELY.  IN
   ADDITION TO POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL...SHEAR SUPPORTS TORNADIC
   SUPERCELLS. STORMS WILL LIKELY EVOLVE INTO ONE OR MORE SEVERE MCS'S
   DURING EVENING AS ACTIVITY MOVES E/NEWD ACROSS SRN MN/IA WITH
   INCREASING WIND DAMAGE THREAT AS CONVECTION DEVELOPS BOWS/SHORT
   LINES.
   
   ...CENTRAL PLAINS...
   CAPPING WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE OF A FACTOR ACROSS DRY LINE FROM
   SRN NEB SWD. HOWEVER STRONG HEATING AND VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS DOES
   SUPPORT AT LEAST ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT VICINITY OF
   DRY LINE BY LATE/AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  VEERING LOW LEVEL SHEAR
   PROFILES DO SUPPORT SUPERCELL POTENTIAL,  ALTHOUGH THE
   HIGHER CLOUD BASES SHOULD CONFINE THREAT TO PRIMARILY LARGE HAIL
   AND DOWNBURST WINDS.
   
    
   ..HALES.. 06/21/03
     
   NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 1730Z
        
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