MD 0799 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL…WATCH POSSIBLE FOR SOUTHWEST/SOUTH-CENTRAL NEB
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0799 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0650 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHWEST/SOUTH-CENTRAL NEB CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE VALID 252350Z - 260115Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...40 PERCENT SUMMARY...MONITORING FOR AN INCREASING SEVERE THREAT ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST/SOUTH-CENTRAL NEB THROUGH THE EARLY/MIDDLE PART OF THIS EVENING. SUCH A THREAT COULD INCLUDE BOUTS OF SEVERE HAIL/LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS EVEN A LOW TORNADO RISK. DISCUSSION...A LOOSELY ORGANIZED COMPLEX /POSSIBLY WITH SOME TRANSITORY SUPERCELL CHARACTERISTICS/ IS CENTERED ALONG THE NEB/KS BORDER VICINITY WEST OF MCCOOK AS OF 2330Z...WITH SOME NORTHEASTWARD EXPANSION EVIDENT OVER THE PAST HOUR. TOWERING CU IS NOTED IN VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY FARTHER EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR IN VICINITY OF THE LEXINGTON-KEARNEY NEB AREAS...WHICH APPEARS TO COINCIDE WITH THE RESIDUAL INFLUENCE OF EXTENSIVE OVERNIGHT/MORNING CONVECTION. IT SEEMS PLAUSIBLE THAT THE FAR NORTHWEST KS/SOUTHWEST NEB STORMS MAY PERSIST/CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EAST-NORTHEAST INTO ADDITIONAL PARTS OF SOUTHWEST/WEST-CENTRAL/SOUTH-CENTRAL NEB THIS EVENING...FURTHER AIDED BY A PROBABLE SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL JET INCREASE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. RELATIVELY WEAK CONVECTIVE INHIBITION EXISTS INTO CENTRAL NEB COINCIDENT WITH AN ESTIMATED CORRIDOR OF 2000-2500 J/KG MLCAPE. MIDDLE/UPPER TROPOSPHERIC WESTERLY WINDS ARE RELATIVELY WEAK...BUT VEERING WIND PROFILES ARE LIKELY RESULTING IN AROUND 30-40 KT OF EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR...WHICH WILL SUPPORT SUSTAINED MULTICELLS/SOME SUPERCELLS. SHOULD STORM DEVELOPMENT CONTINUE/OCCUR EAST-NORTHEASTWARD THIS EVENING...BOUTS OF SEVERE HAIL/LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. A CONDITIONAL TORNADO RISK CANNOT BE ENTIRELY DISCOUNTED THROUGH EARLY/MID EVENING GIVEN THE EXPECTED LOW LEVEL JET INCREASE AND PROXIMITY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED RESIDUAL OUTFLOW/EFFECTIVE WARM FRONT. ..GUYER/THOMPSON.. 05/25/2013 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...GID...LBF... LAT...LON 40490132 41160071 41509887 41149816 40329802 40029962 40360009 40490132
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