MD 0900 CONCERNING TORNADO WATCH 298… FOR W CENTRAL KS
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0900 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0829 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 AREAS AFFECTED...W CENTRAL KS CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 298... VALID 260129Z - 260330Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 298 CONTINUES. SUMMARY...THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES CONTINUES ACROSS W CENTRAL KS -- IN AND NEAR TORNADO WATCH 298. DISCUSSION...LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS A PERSISTENT CLUSTER OF SUPERCELL STORMS ACROSS NESS/RUSH/ELLIS/RUSSELL COUNTIES IN W CENTRAL KS...ALONG A SLOWLY NWD-MOVING WARM FRONT AND JUST EAST OF THE RETREATING DRYLINE. WHILE THE EVENING DDC RAOB SHOWED A DEEP/WELL-MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER...OBSERVED SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE ROUGHLY 10 DEGREES F COOLER AND DEWPOINTS ROUGHLY 10 DEGREES F HIGHER NEAR THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS. THIS COMBINED WITH FAVORABLY VEERING LOW-LEVEL FLOW WITH HEIGHT SUGGESTS THAT ISOLATED TORNADO POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO BEFORE DIURNAL EFFECTS LIKELY BEGIN TO RESULT IN A SLOW DECREASE IN STORM INTENSITY/SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. ..GOSS.. 05/26/2012 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...TOP...ICT...GID...DDC...GLD... LAT...LON 38059989 38419996 39329975 39549790 38179835 38059989
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