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SPC MD 1696

MD 1696 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 477… FOR NWRN AND NRN KS…SRN INTO CNTRL NEB

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1696
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0748 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016

AREAS AFFECTED...NWRN AND NRN KS...SRN INTO CNTRL NEB

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 477...

VALID 160048Z - 160245Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 477
CONTINUES.

SUMMARY...SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL
REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

DISCUSSION...AN INTENSE STORM WITH PARTICULARLY DAMAGING WINDS AND A
HISTORY OF HAIL OVER 2 INCHES DIAMETER CONTINUES EWD ALONG I-70 IN
NWRN KS. JUST AHEAD OF THIS STORM IS ANOTHER LARGE CLUSTER OF CELLS
WHICH APPEARS TO BE EXPANDING AS WELL. WITH TIME...THESE TWO AREAS
OF STORMS MAY MERGE INTO AN MCS AND AFFECT THE REMAINDER OF NRN KS
AND SRN NEB THIS EVENING...SUPPORTED BY A STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL
JET.

ANOTHER FAMILY OF CELLS OVER SWRN NEB HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF SEVERE
HAIL...AND THESE ARE BEING BOLSTERED BY A SURGING COLD FRONT.
POCKETS OF MODERATE INSTABILITY REMAIN INTO CNTRL NEB THIS
EVENING...AND THIS MAY SUPPORT AN UPWARD TREND IN STORM COVERAGE AS
WELL WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL POSSIBLE.

..JEWELL.. 09/16/2016

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...OAX...TOP...GID...LBF...GLD...

LAT...LON   39229913 39170130 39530154 40440170 41290001 41419862
            41449770 41009732 40279711 39799727 39279788 39229913 

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