SPC MD 599

MD 0599 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL…WATCH LIKELY FOR MUCH OF ERN CO…WRN KS…SWRN NEB…WRN OK/TX PANHANDLES…FAR NERN NM

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0599
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0941 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012

AREAS AFFECTED...MUCH OF ERN CO...WRN KS...SWRN NEB...WRN OK/TX
PANHANDLES...FAR NERN NM

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY

VALID 270241Z - 270445Z

A THREAT OF SEVERE WIND AND MARGINAL HAIL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
LATER THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...AND A WATCH IS
LIKELY.

SATELLITE SHOWS A POTENT VORT MAX MOVING NEWD ACROSS NM AND CO WITH
A TIGHT TEMPERATURE GRADIENT WITH A DEEP COLD FRONT. WINDS WERE
GUSTING OVER 50 KT OVER NRN NM RECENTLY WITH THE FRONT.

IN THE WAKE OF EARLIER CONVECTION...SELY FLOW WILL MAINTAIN A FEED
OF MOISTURE...PERHAPS ELEVATED OVER EARLIER OUTFLOW...NWWD INTO ERN
CO AHEAD OF THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH. WITH STRONG FORCING AND COOLING
ALOFT...A LINE OF STORMS IS LIKELY ALONG THE COLD FRONT...CAPABLE OF
DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME HAIL.

..JEWELL.. 04/27/2012

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

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

LAT...LON   39010098 37430095 36550121 36080199 35840277 36200344
            37240443 38290530 39680530 40670526 40960391 40960232
            40950178 40450132 39010098

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