SPC MD 598

MD 0598 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 192… FOR OK/TX PANHANDLES…WRN KS…SERN CO

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0598
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0631 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012

AREAS AFFECTED...OK/TX PANHANDLES...WRN KS...SERN CO

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 192...

VALID 262331Z - 270130Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 192
CONTINUES.

A SEVERE WIND AND HAIL THREAT PERSISTS ACROSS MAINLY THE ERN HALF OF
WW 192. SOME SEVERE THREAT MAY CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE ERN
TX/OK PANHANDLES AS WELL...REQUIRING AN AREAL WATCH EXTENSION.

A LARGE CLUSTER OF CELLS WITH INTERMINGLED OUTFLOWS CONTINUES OVER
THE CNTRL TX PANHANDLE...MOVING IN A ENEWD DIRECTION. THIS IS ALL S
OF THE PRIMARY SURFACE BOUNDARY WITH A TIGHT THETA-E GRADIENT ACROSS
N CNTRL OK INTO WRN KS. WITH WARM AND MOIST AIR E OF THIS
CLUSTER...AND FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR...A FEW CELLS MAY CONTINUE
INTO THE ERN TX PANHANDLE.

OTHER MORE ISOLATED CELLS WERE NOTED FROM THE OK PANHANDLE INTO SERN
CO AND SWRN KS. THESE CELLS ARE ON THE EDGE OF THE BETTER MOISTURE
AND MAY DWINDLE ONCE THEY INTERACT WITH RELATIVELY COOLER AND DRIER
AIR CURRENTLY OVER SWRN KS.

AS UPPER FORCING WITH THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH COMES OUT THIS
EVENING...AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF CONVECTION IS EXPECTED FROM CO INTO
WRN KS AND PERHAPS AS FAR S AS THE PANHANDLES.

..JEWELL.. 04/26/2012

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

ATTN...WFO...DDC...GLD...LUB...AMA...PUB...BOU...ABQ...

LAT...LON   37000003 35170002 34520012 34110087 33970169 34710274
            36340305 37910374 38390350 38720276 38700171 38480111
            37000003

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