MD 1590 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 458… FOR NORTHWEST KS
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1590 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0807 PM CDT THU AUG 01 2013 AREAS AFFECTED...NORTHWEST KS CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 458... VALID 020107Z - 020200Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 458 CONTINUES. SUMMARY...SEVERE TSTM WATCH 458 CONTINUES UNTIL 04Z...WITH A SEVERE WIND/HAIL THREAT CONTINUING ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST CO/NORTHWEST KS THROUGH MID-EVENING. PERHAPS A SPATIAL WFO EXTENSION ACROSS NORTHWEST KS ASIDE...A NEW WATCH ISSUANCE IS OTHERWISE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR WEST-CENTRAL/SOUTHWEST KS. DISCUSSION...STRONG/SEVERE TSTMS INCLUDING A FEW LOOSELY ORGANIZED CLUSTERS CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN KS. GIVEN THAT THE AIRMASS REMAINS MODERATELY UNSTABLE /2000 J PER KG MLCAPE/ TO THEIR EAST...STORMS WILL LIKELY REMAIN CAPABLE OF SEVERE HAIL/WIND IN THE SHORT-TERM AS THEY CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD IN AREAS ALONG/SOUTH OF I-70. THAT SAID...THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL GRADUALLY COOL THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...SUCH THAT UPDRAFT INTENSITY/DOWNDRAFT POTENTIAL WILL GRADUALLY ABATE WITH A CORRESPONDING MARGINALITY OF THE HAIL/WIND POTENTIAL. ..GUYER.. 08/02/2013 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...DDC...GLD... LAT...LON 38160183 38690186 39310121 39279995 38220058 38160183
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