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#181 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Wed Mar 12, 2003 7:17 am

STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWK48 KWNS.

VALID 141200-151200

LESS THAN A SLIGHT RISK.

BROAD TROUGH OVER THE NRN PACIFIC WILL CONTINUE TO SEND SEVERAL
MINOR SHORTWAVE TROUGHS INTO THE NRN CA/SRN ORE COASTAL AREA DURING
THE PERIOD. PATTERN OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL U.S. INTO THE GREAT
LAKES BECOMES ZONAL BEHIND MINOR SHORTWAVE RIDGE OVER THE OHIO
VALLEY.

MOST NOTABLE FEATURE ON THE DAY 3 FORECAST IS THE CONTINUED LOW
LEVEL WARM ADVECTION FROM THE SRN PLAINS INTO THE LOWER MO AND MID
MS VALLEY AREAS. SURFACE LOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER ERN
NEB/WRN IA AFTER 15/00Z ENHANCED BY 40-50 KT LOW LEVEL JET FROM
NWRN TX INTO W CENTRAL IL. MODELS DEPICT THETA-E AT 850 MB OF 320K
WITH INSTABILITY OF 2000 TO 2500 J/KG. REVIEW OF MODEL FORECAST
SOUNDINGS SHOW RELATIVELY STEEP LAPSE RATES OF 7.5C/KM...ALL
INDICATORS TOWARDS POSSIBLE HAIL IF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. MID
LEVEL FLOW/FORCING SEEMS WEAK ATTM...BUT HAVE INCLUDED A LOW
PROBABILITY FOR HAIL.
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#182 Postby wx247 » Wed Mar 12, 2003 2:04 pm

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0217
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1011 AM CST WED MAR 12 2003

AREAS AFFECTED...SERN LA...SRN MS...SRN AL...WRN FL PANHANDLE

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL

VALID 121611Z - 121915Z

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS COULD CONTAIN SEVERE HAIL.

LATEST RADAR TRENDS SHOW STORMS INCREASING OVER SRN MS AND
AL...ATOP A STABLE LAYER. STORMS ARE BEING FED FROM THE SW WHERE
MUCAPES ARE ON THE ORDER OF 1000-1500 J/KG. WEAK DISTURBANCES
ALOFT WILL HELP SUPPORT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE
EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. STEEP LAPSE RATES ABOVE 700 MB WILL ALLOW
THE MOST PERSISTENT STORMS TO DEVELOP HAIL. DAMAGING WINDS
APPEAR TO BE LESS LIKELY GIVEN WEAK MEAN WINDS THROUGH THE MID
TROPOSPHERE...SLOW STORM MOTIONS...AND COOL BOUNDARY LAYER.
HIGHEST RELATIVE WIND THREAT WILL BE OVER SERN LA...WHERE WARMER
LOW DENSITY BOUNDARY LAYER WILL EXIST.

..JEWELL.. 03/12/2003


ATTN...WFO...MOB...JAN...LIX...

**One of many to come out this afternoon I would imagine.**
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#183 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Wed Mar 12, 2003 2:39 pm

STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWE46 KWNS.

VALID 121630Z - 131200Z

THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
35 ENE SPS 35 S P28 20 W HUT 15 W TOP 50 NW COU 25 WNW STL
40 WNW CGI 35 SSW UNO 20 S FSM 35 SW DUA 35 ENE SPS.

GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 SW PSX 40 NW HOU
15 W LFK 25 SSE GGG 35 NNW GGG 40 NNE ACT 20 W SEP 25 SSE LTS
25 E GAG 30 S RSL 25 E CNK 10 NNE P35 45 SE DTW 20 NNW YNG
30 S HLG 15 ENE HTS 45 SSE PAH 45 WSW MEM 30 ESE PBF 40 SW GLH
50 NW JAN 50 NW MEI 15 W 0A8 30 S ATL 40 WSW AGS 30 SSW CHS.

...SYNOPSIS...
ZONAL FLOW OF PAST COUPLE OF DAYS EXPECTED TO GIVE WAY TO SOME
AMPLIFICATION IN THE NRN STREAM AS HEIGHTS RISE OVER THE NRN
ROCKIES IN WAKE OF SUBTLE IMPULSE NOW MOVING ESE ACROSS ERN MT/WY.
THE MT/WY DISTURBANCE...BARELY DISCERNABLE IN SATELLITE/RAOB
DATA...SHOULD REACH IL/IND BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. FARTHER S...
LESSER CHANGE EXPECTED IN WEAKER SRN BRANCH. IMPULSE NOW OVER THE
TX PANHANDLE SHOULD SHEAR E TOWARD NRN AR...WHILE HIGH LEVEL
DISTURBANCE NOW OVER THE NW GULF OF MEX CONTINUES E TO NRN FL.

AT THE SURFACE...SHALLOW COLD FRONT SHOULD SETTLE SLOWLY S ACROSS
THE CNTRL PLNS/MID MS VLY DURING THE PERIOD. LEE LOW/TROUGH NOW
OVER WRN OK SHOULD BE SHUNTED ESE AHEAD OF FRONT...WITH NRN PORTION
LIKELY TO MERGE WITH COLD FRONT IN KS/MO.

...SE KS/SRN MO/ERN OK/NW AR...
SEASONABLY RICH BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE HAS SPREAD NWD INTO
WRN/CNTRL OK IN THE LAST 24 HRS. THIS MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE NWD/EWD TODAY/TONIGHT...WHERE IT WILL ENCOUNTER MERGING/
STRENGTHENING FRONTAL ZONE OVER KS/MO. SURFACE HEATING...
CONVERGENCE AND LARGE SCALE ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES SHOULD RESULT IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
INVOF FRONTAL MERGER BY LATE AFTERNOON. SOME QUESTION EXISTS ATTM
REGARDING EXACT LOCATION OF INITIATION GIVEN THICK STRATUS FIELD
NOW IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF SRN KS AND SW MO. GREATEST POTENTIAL
FOR DEVELOPMENT WILL PROBABLY LIE ALONG POSITION OF SRN EDGE OF
CLOUD FIELD DURING MID AFTERNOON...I.E. FROM S CNTRL KS/EXTREME N
CNTRL OK ENEWD INTO SW MO.

GIVEN RELATIVELY COOL MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES /MINUS 16 C AT 500 MB/
AND 30-40 KT DEEP SHEAR WITH SUBSTANTIAL VEERING...SETUP WILL BE
SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS/SUPERCELL CLUSTERS...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING
THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD MERGE INTO A SMALL
MCS AND SPREAD MAINLY E OR ESE ACROSS SRN MO/NRN AR TONIGHT.

WEAKER LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND THICKER BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUD COVER
EXPECTED TO LIMIT POTENTIAL FOR STORM INITIATION SWD ALONG LEE
TROUGH/DRY LINE INTO CNTRL OK/N TX. DEEP SHEAR WILL ALSO BE WEAKER
IN THIS REGION /ON THE ORDER OF 25-30 KTS/. BUT GIVEN GLANCING
INFLUENCE OF TX PANHANDLE DISTURBANCE AND AVAILABILITY OF RICH
MOISTURE...A FEW ORGANIZED STORMS WITH HAIL COULD VERY WELL DEVELOP
LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

...GULF CST...
SCATTERED CLUSTERS OF ELEVATED STORMS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ABOVE
STALLED FRONTAL SURFACE OVER THE CNTRL GULF CST REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...DOWNSTREAM FROM UPPER IMPULSE NOW OVER THE
NWRN GULF /SEE MCD #217/. MODEST DEEP SHEAR AND COOL MID LEVEL
TEMPERATURES MAY SUPPORT SOME HAIL IN THE STRONGER STORMS.
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#184 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Wed Mar 12, 2003 2:40 pm

STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWI47 KWNS.

VALID 131200Z - 141200Z

NO SVR TSTM AREAS FCST.

GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 WSW GLS 45 N VCT
35 N HDO 45 SSW SJT 35 NNE SJT 35 W MWL 50 ENE DAL 20 NW ELD
40 ESE GWO 25 ENE 0A8 20 WNW MCN 40 NW AGS 10 SSW CLT 20 NE GSO
60 ESE LYH 35 ESE RIC 30 SSW WAL.

GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 NNE BLI 25 NE SEA
30 SSW DLS 20 NW LMT 15 ENE RBL 20 NNW SAC 15 S MRY.

...SYNOPSIS...
A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN OVER THE US WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE
PERIOD AS AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS.
ANOTHER TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE W COAST. A BROAD RIDGE ALOFT WILL
DOMINATE THE PLAINS AS A DIFFUSE SHORT-WAVE TROUGH MOVES SEWD
ACROSS THE SERN US. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SWD...LOCATED
FROM THE ARKLATEX REGION EWD ACROSS NRN GA BY LATE IN THE PERIOD.

...MID ATLANTIC REGION...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SWD INTO THE CAROLINAS WITH DEW POINTS IN
THE 50S AHEAD OF THE FRONT. DYNAMIC FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH PVA
WILL BE PLENTIFUL IN ADVANCE OF THE UPPER-TROUGH WITH CONVECTION
LIKELY DEVELOPING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. ALTHOUGH
UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW IS EXPECTED...0-6 KM SHEAR OF 35-40 KTS SHOULD
BE FAVORABLE FOR ORGANIZED LINEAR CONVECTION. VEERED WINDS AT THE
SURFACE AND FORECAST MLCAPE OF 500-1000 J/KG SHOULD LIMIT
CONVECTION UPDRAFT STRENGTH. HOWEVER...500 MB TEMPS OF -16C AND
LAPSE RATES AROUND 6.5 C/KM MAY SUPPORT SMALL HAIL.

...E/CNTRL TX AND LOWER MS VALLEY...
DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S WILL RETURN NEWD FROM THE NWRN GULF. THE
UPPER TROUGH ANALYZED FROM TN TO SERN TX WILL LIKELY AID THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD CONVECTION IN THIS REGION. HOWEVER...
VEERED WINDS AT THE SURFACE IN THE WARM SECTOR AND WEAK DEEP LAYER
SHEAR SHOULD KEEP CONVECTION BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

FURTHER W ACROSS E/CNTRL TX...MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOWED
STRONGER DIRECTIONAL SHEAR ALONG WITH MLCAPE AROUND 1500 J/KG. IF
WINDS DO BACK AT THE SURFACE AS FORECAST BY THE MODELS...ISOLATED
HAIL IS POSSIBLE GIVEN THE STRONGER DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND STEEP
LAPSE RATES OF 8 C/KM.

...NRN AND CNTRL PACIFIC COAST...
LARGE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ONSHORE WITH SUFFICIENT LARGE-
SCALE ASCENT FOR WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION. THUNDERSTORMS COULD
DEVELOP AMIDST MARGINAL INSTABILITY WITH MUCAPE GENERALLY BELOW 300
J/KG.
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#185 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Wed Mar 12, 2003 2:41 pm

STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWK48 KWNS.

VALID 141200-151200

LESS THAN A SLIGHT RISK.

BROAD TROUGH OVER THE NRN PACIFIC WILL CONTINUE TO SEND SEVERAL
MINOR SHORTWAVE TROUGHS INTO THE NRN CA/SRN ORE COASTAL AREA DURING
THE PERIOD. PATTERN OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL U.S. INTO THE GREAT
LAKES BECOMES ZONAL BEHIND MINOR SHORTWAVE RIDGE OVER THE OHIO
VALLEY.

MOST NOTABLE FEATURE ON THE DAY 3 FORECAST IS THE CONTINUED LOW
LEVEL WARM ADVECTION FROM THE SRN PLAINS INTO THE LOWER MO AND MID
MS VALLEY AREAS. SURFACE LOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER ERN
NEB/WRN IA AFTER 15/00Z ENHANCED BY 40-50 KT LOW LEVEL JET FROM
NWRN TX INTO W CENTRAL IL. MODELS DEPICT THETA-E AT 850 MB OF 320K
WITH INSTABILITY OF 2000 TO 2500 J/KG. REVIEW OF MODEL FORECAST
SOUNDINGS SHOW RELATIVELY STEEP LAPSE RATES OF 7.5C/KM...ALL
INDICATORS TOWARDS POSSIBLE HAIL IF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. MID
LEVEL FLOW/FORCING SEEMS WEAK ATTM...BUT HAVE INCLUDED A LOW
PROBABILITY FOR HAIL.
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#186 Postby wx247 » Wed Mar 12, 2003 2:50 pm

Here is a new discussion...things are starting to come together.

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0219
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0140 PM CST WED MAR 12 2003

AREAS AFFECTED...FAR N-CNTRL OK NEWD INTO WRN MO

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL

VALID 121940Z - 122145Z

TSTM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS OVER
CNTRL KS. WW MAY BE REQUIRED.

LATEST MESOANALYSIS SHOWS A WEAK SURFACE LOW OVER NWRN OK WITH AN
ATTENDANT WARM FRONT THAT EXTENDS ENEWD THROUGH SERN KS INTO SRN
MO. THE DRYLINE CONTINUES TO SHARPEN FROM THE LOW SWWD THROUGH
WRN OK INTO SWRN TX. SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER
60S AND INCREASING INSOLATION TO THE S OF THE WARM FRONT HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH MLCAPES OF
1000-1500 J/KG.

TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER 21Z AS COLD
FRONT...CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM N-CNTRL KS INTO NRN
MO...COLLIDES WITH RETREATING WARM FRONT. UVVS WITH BE FURTHER
ENHANCED BY FORCING FOR LARGE SCALE ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH AN
APPROACHING SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY OVER NERN CO/NWRN KS.

CURRENT WIND PROFILER DATA OVER CNTRL KS INDICATE SUFFICIENT DEEP
LAYER SHEAR --I.E. 35-40 KT THROUGH 6 KM-- TO SUPPORT ORGANIZED
TSTMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL
BE THE PRIMARY THREATS AS RELATIVELY WEAK MID-LEVEL
STORM-RELATIVE WINDS AND LINEAR NATURE OF LOW-LEVEL FORCING ALONG
COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY LIMIT OVERALL TORNADO THREAT.

..MEAD.. 03/12/2003


ATTN...WFO...SGF...EAX...TSA...TOP...ICT...OUN...
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#187 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Wed Mar 12, 2003 3:01 pm

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0219
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0140 PM CST WED MAR 12 2003

AREAS AFFECTED...FAR N-CNTRL OK NEWD INTO WRN MO

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL

VALID 121940Z - 122145Z

TSTM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS OVER
CNTRL KS. WW MAY BE REQUIRED.

LATEST MESOANALYSIS SHOWS A WEAK SURFACE LOW OVER NWRN OK WITH AN
ATTENDANT WARM FRONT THAT EXTENDS ENEWD THROUGH SERN KS INTO SRN
MO. THE DRYLINE CONTINUES TO SHARPEN FROM THE LOW SWWD THROUGH
WRN OK INTO SWRN TX. SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER
60S AND INCREASING INSOLATION TO THE S OF THE WARM FRONT HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH MLCAPES OF
1000-1500 J/KG.

TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER 21Z AS COLD
FRONT...CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM N-CNTRL KS INTO NRN
MO...COLLIDES WITH RETREATING WARM FRONT. UVVS WITH BE FURTHER
ENHANCED BY FORCING FOR LARGE SCALE ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH AN
APPROACHING SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY OVER NERN CO/NWRN KS.

CURRENT WIND PROFILER DATA OVER CNTRL KS INDICATE SUFFICIENT DEEP
LAYER SHEAR --I.E. 35-40 KT THROUGH 6 KM-- TO SUPPORT ORGANIZED
TSTMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL
BE THE PRIMARY THREATS AS RELATIVELY WEAK MID-LEVEL
STORM-RELATIVE WINDS AND LINEAR NATURE OF LOW-LEVEL FORCING ALONG
COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY LIMIT OVERALL TORNADO THREAT.
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#188 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Wed Mar 12, 2003 3:02 pm

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0218
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0136 PM CST WED MAR 12 2003

AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL FL

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL

VALID 121936Z - 122230Z

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL OR WIND WILL BE POSSIBLE.

ELY LOW LEVEL WINDS OFF THE GULF STREAM COMBINED WITH INCREASING
WESTERLIES ALOFT WILL MAKE FOR STRAIGHT LINE HODOGRAPHS WITH
SPLITTING MULTICELLS LIKELY. MODIFIED OBSERVED AND FORECAST
SOUNDINGS SHOW MLCAPES OF 1500-2000 J/KG WITH COLD TEMPERATURES
AT MID LEVELS SUGGESTING HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST
AND LONGEST LIVED STORMS. ALTHOUGH SHALLOW LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE
AND POOR LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL PRECLUDE EXPLOSIVE
DEVELOPMENT...HINTS OF UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION IN UPPER LEVELS
OVER THE NRN GULF AND DEPICTED IN MODEL FIELDS MAY BOOST
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
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#189 Postby wx247 » Wed Mar 12, 2003 3:11 pm

I am just SE of the orange :o
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#190 Postby wx247 » Wed Mar 12, 2003 3:15 pm

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0220
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0208 PM CST WED MAR 12 2003

AREAS AFFECTED...SRN AR AND NRN LA

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL

VALID 122008Z - 122245Z

ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER SRN AR AND NRN LA
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE EXPECTED
LIMITED AREAL COVERAGE A WW IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

LATEST REGIONAL RADAR DATA SHOW TSTMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY FROM SWRN AR INTO NRN MO. GIVEN THE RELATIVELY LOW
SURFACE THETA-E AIR IN PLACE OVER THE AREA...IT APPEARS THESE
TSTMS ARE LIKELY ELEVATED AND OCCURRING ON THE NOSE OF 850 MB
MOISTURE ADVECTION WHERE MUCAPES HAVE INCREASED TO 1000-1500
J/KG.

ADDITIONAL TSTM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE E OF THE CURRENT
ACTIVITY AS FORCING FOR LARGE SCALE ASCENT INCREASES AHEAD OF
WEAK MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY OVER NRN TX.

CURRENT VWP/WIND PROFILER DATA SHOW MARGINALLY STRONG DEEP-LAYER
SHEAR FOR ORGANIZED CONVECTION WITH ISOLATED LARGE HAIL BEING THE
PRIMARY THREAT. TSTMS WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING AS THEY MOVE E OF THE ELEVATED
INSTABILITY AXIS.

..MEAD.. 03/12/2003


ATTN...WFO...JAN...LZK...LCH...SHV...
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#191 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Wed Mar 12, 2003 3:19 pm

They are spitting them out now pretty good with some heating in the Arklatex region.
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#192 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Wed Mar 12, 2003 3:21 pm

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Time Size Location County State Lat Lon Comments
1950 75 OKEECHOBEE COUNTY OKEECHOBEE FL 2743 8091 MOTORIST ON SR 68 ALONG THE OKEECHOBEE AND ST LUCIE COUNTY LINE. (MLB)
1950 75 ST LUCIE COUNTY ST LUCIE FL 2766 8046 SAME REPORT AS OKEECHOBEE (MLB)
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#193 Postby wx247 » Wed Mar 12, 2003 3:30 pm

It looks like we could see some really big hail in Kansas and Missouri this evening, as well as parts of Oklahoma. The sun has been out warming and destablizing the atmosphere. Dewpoint is up to 57.

Dewpoint in Chanute is 60. Tulsa's is 61.

Waiting now for the storms to fire...
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#194 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Wed Mar 12, 2003 3:36 pm

They surely are moving out along that front and encountering the warm air, so that spells instability. This time of year doesnt take much and we've seen these same areas hit during this winter sporadically. Might get rough in the next few hours and also tomorrow all over again further east.
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#195 Postby wx247 » Wed Mar 12, 2003 3:39 pm

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 34
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
230 PM CST WED MAR 12 2003

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL
900 PM CST.

HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON KANSAS
TO 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KNOB NOSTER MISSOURI.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE NEXT 1-2
HOURS INVOF MERGING FRONTS OVER CNTRL/ERN KS...WHERE SURFACE
HEATING AND INFLUX OF MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH 30 KT SLY LOW LEVEL
JET EXPECTED TO BOOST SBCAPE TO NEAR 2000 J/KG. AMPLE DEEP SHEAR
WITH SIGNIFICANT DIRECTIONAL COMPONENT PRESENT TO SUPPORT
SUPERCELLS...WITH VERY LARGE HAIL BEING MAIN PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 26025.

...CORFIDI


**HERE IT COMES!!**
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#196 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Wed Mar 12, 2003 3:41 pm

lol Garrett...I just missed posting that! lol
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#197 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Wed Mar 12, 2003 3:42 pm

Its funny, but they didnt paint the main map on the front page for the watches! lol Had to scroll down the SPC pages!
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#198 Postby wx247 » Wed Mar 12, 2003 3:42 pm

MISSOURI AREAL OUTLINE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 34
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
235 PM CST WED MAR 12 2003

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST AND
INCLUDES 34 COUNTIES IN THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF MISSOURI...

WEST CENTRAL CENTRAL SOUTHWEST

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE...

CAMDENTON CASSVILLE CLINTON
JOPLIN KANSAS CITY LEBANON
MARSHALL NEVADA SEDALIA
SPRINGFIELD STOCKTON

IN MISSOURI THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

MOC013-037-047-083-095-101-107-165-177-185-217-130300-
...WEST CENTRAL...
BATES CASS CLAY
HENRY JACKSON JOHNSON
LAFAYETTE PLATTE RAY
ST. CLAIR VERNON
$$

MOC015-029-053-085-089-141-159-195-130300-
...CENTRAL...
BENTON CAMDEN COOPER
HICKORY HOWARD MORGAN
PETTIS SALINE
$$

MOC009-011-039-043-057-059-077-097-105-109-119-145-167-209-225-
130300-
...SOUTHWEST...
BARRY BARTON CEDAR
CHRISTIAN DADE DALLAS
GREENE JASPER LACLEDE
LAWRENCE MCDONALD NEWTON
POLK STONE WEBSTER
$$
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Rob-TheStormChaser

#199 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Wed Mar 12, 2003 4:05 pm

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FLC085-122130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
346 PM EST WED MAR 12 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 430 PM EST

* AT 339 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PALM CITY...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
7 MILES EAST OF INDIANTOWN AT 415 PM EST

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF
THE STORM APPROACHES YOU...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.

LARGE HAIL...EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. TAKE
COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
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Rob-TheStormChaser

#200 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Wed Mar 12, 2003 4:06 pm

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
LAC079-122130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
249 PM CST WED MAR 12 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 330 PM CST

* AT 243 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ALEXANDRIA BY 252 PM CST
PINEVILLE BY 300 PM CST
BALL BY 310 PM CST
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