Attention our KS/OK Friends...WW time?
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 5:59 pm
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0114
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0434 PM CST THU FEB 19 2004
AREAS AFFECTED...S-CNTRL KS/N-CNTRL OK INTO SERN KS
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
VALID 192234Z - 200030Z
DEVELOPING TSTMS OVER NWRN OK WILL POSE A WIND/HAIL THREAT EWD/NEWD
INTO S-CNTRL KS/N-CNTRL OK OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. CONVECTIVE
TRENDS WILL BE MONITORED AND A WW MAY BE REQUIRED. DAY ONE OUTLOOK
WILL UPDATED SHORTLY.
AS OF 2215Z...VISIBLE SATELLITE AND VANCE AFB/ENID WSR-88D RADAR
IMAGERY SHOWED TSTMS DEVELOPING OVER NWRN OK
/HARPER...WOODWARD...DEWEY COUNTIES/ WITHIN AREA OF STRONG LOW-LEVEL
CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF RAPIDLY ADVANCING DRYLINE AND SE OF DEEPENING
SURFACE LOW S OF DDC. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE
70S IMMEDIATELY E OF THE DRYLINE OVER WRN OK...LIMITED LOW-LEVEL
MOISTURE HAS IMPEDED THE DESTABILIZATION PROCESS WITH MUCAPES AOB
200 J/KG. HOWEVER...LATEST MESOANALYSIS DOES INDICATE SLIGHTLY
HIGHER BOUNDARY-LAYER MOISTURE /I.E. 45-50F DEWPOINTS/ ALONG AND
JUST TO THE W OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. IN ADDITION...RUC FORECAST
SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT DYNAMIC FORCING AHEAD OF EJECTING UPPER
SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN STEEPENING MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES IN EXCESS OF
8-8.5 C/KM OVER THE NEXT 2-3 HOURS OVER N-CNTRL OK/S-CNTRL KS. THESE
STEEPER LAPSE RATES COUPLED WITH THE SLIGHTLY HIGHER LOW-LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MUCAPES APPROACHING 500-700 J/KG IN THE
20/00Z-03Z TIME FRAME.
GIVEN THIS EXPECTED DESTABILIZATION...TSTMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO
STRENGTHEN LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING AS THEY
MOVE/DEVELOP EWD/NEWD ACROSS S-CNTRL KS/N-CNTRL OK AND EVENTUALLY
INTO SERN KS. DAMAGING WINDS WILL LIKELY BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT GIVEN THE STRONG AMBIENT WIND FIELDS IN ADDITION TO
THE DEEPLY-MIXED SUB-CLOUD CONDITIONS...WHICH SHOULD ENHANCE
DOWNDRAFT POTENTIAL. MOREOVER...STEEP LAPSE RATES AND THE POTENTIAL
FOR SOME MID-LEVEL UPDRAFT ROTATION WILL PROMOTE LARGE HAIL
PRODUCTION IN THE STRONGEST STORMS.
A WW MAY BE REQUIRED WITHIN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.
..MEAD.. 02/19/2004
PLEASE SEE http://WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...SGF...TSA...TOP...ICT...OUN...DDC...
36999961 37509920 38099791 38439629 37719490 36489595
35869902
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0434 PM CST THU FEB 19 2004
AREAS AFFECTED...S-CNTRL KS/N-CNTRL OK INTO SERN KS
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
VALID 192234Z - 200030Z
DEVELOPING TSTMS OVER NWRN OK WILL POSE A WIND/HAIL THREAT EWD/NEWD
INTO S-CNTRL KS/N-CNTRL OK OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. CONVECTIVE
TRENDS WILL BE MONITORED AND A WW MAY BE REQUIRED. DAY ONE OUTLOOK
WILL UPDATED SHORTLY.
AS OF 2215Z...VISIBLE SATELLITE AND VANCE AFB/ENID WSR-88D RADAR
IMAGERY SHOWED TSTMS DEVELOPING OVER NWRN OK
/HARPER...WOODWARD...DEWEY COUNTIES/ WITHIN AREA OF STRONG LOW-LEVEL
CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF RAPIDLY ADVANCING DRYLINE AND SE OF DEEPENING
SURFACE LOW S OF DDC. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE
70S IMMEDIATELY E OF THE DRYLINE OVER WRN OK...LIMITED LOW-LEVEL
MOISTURE HAS IMPEDED THE DESTABILIZATION PROCESS WITH MUCAPES AOB
200 J/KG. HOWEVER...LATEST MESOANALYSIS DOES INDICATE SLIGHTLY
HIGHER BOUNDARY-LAYER MOISTURE /I.E. 45-50F DEWPOINTS/ ALONG AND
JUST TO THE W OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. IN ADDITION...RUC FORECAST
SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT DYNAMIC FORCING AHEAD OF EJECTING UPPER
SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN STEEPENING MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES IN EXCESS OF
8-8.5 C/KM OVER THE NEXT 2-3 HOURS OVER N-CNTRL OK/S-CNTRL KS. THESE
STEEPER LAPSE RATES COUPLED WITH THE SLIGHTLY HIGHER LOW-LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MUCAPES APPROACHING 500-700 J/KG IN THE
20/00Z-03Z TIME FRAME.
GIVEN THIS EXPECTED DESTABILIZATION...TSTMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO
STRENGTHEN LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING AS THEY
MOVE/DEVELOP EWD/NEWD ACROSS S-CNTRL KS/N-CNTRL OK AND EVENTUALLY
INTO SERN KS. DAMAGING WINDS WILL LIKELY BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT GIVEN THE STRONG AMBIENT WIND FIELDS IN ADDITION TO
THE DEEPLY-MIXED SUB-CLOUD CONDITIONS...WHICH SHOULD ENHANCE
DOWNDRAFT POTENTIAL. MOREOVER...STEEP LAPSE RATES AND THE POTENTIAL
FOR SOME MID-LEVEL UPDRAFT ROTATION WILL PROMOTE LARGE HAIL
PRODUCTION IN THE STRONGEST STORMS.
A WW MAY BE REQUIRED WITHIN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.
..MEAD.. 02/19/2004
PLEASE SEE http://WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...SGF...TSA...TOP...ICT...OUN...DDC...
36999961 37509920 38099791 38439629 37719490 36489595
35869902