STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWI47 KWNS.
VALID 201200Z - 211200Z
THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF IOWA...EXTREME
SRN WISCONSIN...EXTREME NERN MISSOURI...CENTRAL/NRN ILLINOIS...AND
CENTRAL/NRN INDIANA...TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 ESE SPW 10 N
MCW 20 S LNR 25 ENE CGX 20 NE FWA 25 SE MIE 25 NW HUF 15 ENE UIN 25
N IRK 30 NNW LWD 55 SW FOD 30 ESE SPW.
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
15 SSW JHW 30 WSW DUJ 30 SSW PKB 40 N JKL 15 E LEX 25 NNE BWG
15 SSE MEM 20 SSW PBF 30 WSW HOT 25 ENE BVO 10 W OLU 40 WNW YKN
15 WSW ATY 35 W STC 55 NE MSP 20 ESE MTW 15 NNE MTC 15 SSW JHW.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 S PSX 35 SSE LFK
45 SSE PRX 50 ESE OKC 10 SW GAG 10 WNW AMA 40 NW CNM 60 SE ELP
...CONT... 75 S GBN 40 SSW PRC 55 S SGU 50 NNE DAG 50 SSE FAT
15 SSE SCK 40 SE RBL 25 NNE MHS 75 E 4LW 55 W BOI 35 SE S80
35 W LWT 60 W GDV 35 NNE DIK 45 SW DVL 60 NNE DVL ...CONT... HUL
25 NNW LCI 35 ENE ISP.
...WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND EVENT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE MID/UPPER MS AND OH VALLEYS SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY NIGHT...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER HIGH WILL RETROGRADE WWD ACROSS THE WRN STATES AS A STRONG
SHORT WAVE TROUGH DROPS SEWD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. BAND OF 50-60
KT MID-LEVEL NWLY FLOW WILL MOVE SWD ON SUNDAY AND EXTEND FROM THE
DAKOTAS TO THE MID MS/OH VALLEYS BY 12Z MONDAY. SEVERAL SHORT WAVE
TROUGHS EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS NWLY FLOW WILL AID IN EPISODES OF
SEVERE STORMS DURING THE DAY 2 PERIOD ACROSS THE MID/UPPER MS TO OH
VALLEYS.
...MID/UPPER MS VALLEY TO OH VALLEY...
COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM MN SWWD INTO SD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
PERIOD WILL MOVE SEWD ON SUNDAY...REACHING THE SRN GREAT LAKES SWWD
TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY 12Z MONDAY. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXPECTED
FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING CLUSTER OF STORMS ACROSS WI...AND A WARM
FRONT ARE PROGGED TO EXTEND FROM THE UPPER MS VALLEY ESEWD TO SRN
MI/OH VALLEY. A DEEP...MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER ALONG/S OF WARM FRONT
COMBINED WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL RESULT IN A VERY UNSTABLE AIR
MASS BY AFTERNOON.
AS LARGE SCALE ASCENT INCREASES ACROSS THE MID/UPPER MS TO OH
VALLEYS WITH THE UPPER TROUGH DROPPING SEWD...WIND FIELDS WILL
INCREASE IN STRENGTH THROUGH THE DAY. MODELS SUGGEST AN MCS SHOULD
BE ONGOING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD ACROSS WI ASSOCIATED WITH
A LEAD SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER THE WRN GREAT LAKES AND WAA WITH A
WLY 30 KT LLJ OVER NRN IA INTO NRN IL. THIS ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD
EWD ACROSS MI THROUGH THE DAY REACHING WRN PA/SWRN NY BY SUNDAY
EVENING. STORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MID/UPPER MS VALLEY
BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS THEY SPREAD SEWD
WITHIN THE VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR.
LOW-LEVEL VEERING PROFILES SUGGEST A TORNADO THREAT WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH INITIAL STORMS OVER SRN MN/IA WITH THE CONVECTIVE
MODE EVOLVING INTO A THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WINDS AS
STRONG DEEP WLY WINDS DEVELOP ACROSS IND INTO WRN OH BY SUNDAY
NIGHT.
...SRN MO/AR/ERN KS/ERN OK...
A WEAK SURFACE LOW IS PROGGED TO BE OVER SRN KS SUNDAY WITH A
SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING SEWD THROUGH ERN OK. MUCH OF THIS REGION
SHOULD REMAIN CAPPED THROUGH THE DAY. HOWEVER...A WEAK UPPER SHORT
WAVE TROUGH TRACKING SEWD INTO KS SUNDAY EVENING COMBINED WITH
INCREASING WAA WITH A STRENGTHENING WLY LLJ OVER NRN OK SHOULD
ALLOW ELEVATED STORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG/E OF THE SURFACE TROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. STEEP LAPSE RATES AND
MODERATE ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT MAINLY A HAIL THREAT.
..PETERS.. 07/19/03
NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 0800Z
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