MD 0937 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL…WATCH UNLIKELY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND ERN KS INTO NRN OK
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0937 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0300 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016 AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF CENTRAL AND ERN KS INTO NRN OK CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY VALID 152000Z - 152200Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...20 PERCENT SUMMARY...ISOLATED/LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP IN THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND ERN KS INTO N CENTRAL OK. WW NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED WITH RISK LIKELY TO REMAIN LOCALIZED. DISCUSSION...LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS AN INCREASE IN AN AREA CENTERED OVER CENTRAL/S CENTRAL KS...INVOF A SUBTLE CONFLUENCE AXIS/WARM FRONTAL-TYPE BOUNDARY. THIS BOUNDARY SEPARATES A MUCH DRIER /DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S TO LOW 60S/ AIRMASS ACROSS NERN KS FROM A MORE MOIST AIRMASS TO THE S AND SW...WHERE DEWPOINTS REMAIN IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S. WITH VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES IN PLACE /SAMPLED MOST RECENTLY BY LAMONT OK 17Z RAOB/...THE HEATING OF THE MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER IS YIELDING AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH MIXED-LAYER CAPE IN EXCESS OF 4000 J/KG. AS A VERY SUBTLE MID-LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSING THE TX/OK PANHANDLE PER WV LOOP CONTINUES NEWD TOWARD THE DISCUSSION AREA...ISOLATED STORM DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS ANTICIPATED. THOUGH FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE AREA REMAINS GENERALLY WEAK...VEERING WINDS WITH HEIGHT AND THE DEGREE OF CAPE SUGGEST ISOLATED RISK FOR HAIL/WIND DAMAGE WITH ONE OR TWO OF THE STRONGER STORMS. WHILE WW IS NOT EXPECTED ATTM DUE TO THE EXPECTED ISOLATED NATURE OF THE INITIAL STORM DEVELOPMENT...ANY UPSCALE GROWTH /AS HINTED AT BY A FEW CAM RUNS/ COULD WARRANT WW CONSIDERATION ACROSS PARTS OF KS AND ADJACENT NRN OK. ..GOSS/GUYER.. 06/15/2016 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...SGF...TSA...TOP...ICT...OUN...GID...DDC... LAT...LON 39469825 39309720 38309604 37619508 37049516 36559606 36159718 36129845 37189946 38119931 38769935 39349931 39469825
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