STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWE46 KWNS.
VALID 191300Z - 201200Z
THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL/ERN
OK...SERN KS...SWRN MO...AND NWRN AR. THE MDT RISK IS TO THE RIGHT
OF A LINE FROM 25 E HRO 45 SE FYV 15 SW PGO 15 ESE DUA 20 SSW ADM
40 WNW ADM OKC 10 SSW PNC 35 WSW CNU 35 NE CNU 45 SSW SZL 45 WNW
TBN 40 SSW TBN 25 E HRO.
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
40 NE LIT 40 SSW HOT 30 SW GGG 30 NNE CLL 30 SSE AUS 10 WNW SAT
45 SE JCT 25 E BWD 15 W MWL 45 SSW SPS 65 S CDS 45 E PVW 30 SE AMA
45 NE AMA 35 SSE LBL 40 SSE DDC 20 N HUT 15 NNE MHK 45 SE OMA
10 S FOD 40 N MCW 40 E MSP 55 NNE EAU 25 N RHI 20 ESE IMT 30 S ESC
10 W MBL 35 S MKG 40 SSW SBN 15 ENE HUF 30 N EVV 35 NNE PAH
30 ESE POF 40 NE LIT.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM DRT 45 WSW JCT
25 NW JCT 35 S ABI 30 NW ABI 75 NE BGS 50 WSW LBB 25 NW ROW
35 NW TCS 15 WSW SOW 30 W FLG 25 SE SGU 50 W U24 25 ESE PIH
25 SSE WEY 15 NNW COD 20 S WRL 20 WNW RWL 20 SSW FCL 30 SSW LIC
40 SSW LAA 10 NNW EHA 35 SSE GCK 30 N RSL 25 NW BIE 35 SSE SUX
30 ENE OTG 20 S STC 25 WSW DLH 25 ENE ELO ...CONT... 50 SE OSC
35 WNW FDY 45 NNE SDF 30 SW BNA 30 SE GWO 30 SE BPT.
...SRN PLAINS/MID MS VALLEY...
EXPANSIVE CLUSTER OF CONVECTION APPEARS TO BE EVOLVING INTO AN MCS
OVER SERN KS/OK THIS MORNING WITH A POSSIBLE WEAK MVC FORMING WEST
OF ICT. THIS ACTIVITY IS LIKELY BEING DRIVEN BY WARM
ADVECTION...WHICH ABRUPTLY ENDS ACROSS WRN OK/NWRN TX COINCIDENT
WITH BACK EDGE OF CONVECTION. CURRENT SPEED/MOVEMENT SUGGEST MID-
UPPER LEVEL DRYING WILL SPREAD ATOP COOL BOUNDARY LAYER BUBBLE IN
WAKE OF EARLY MORNING CONVECTION. WITH RAPID COOLING EXPECTED AT
MID LEVELS...RESIDUAL MOISTURE WILL PROVE MORE THAN ADEQUATE FOR
RENEWED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BY 18Z-20Z ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WRN/SWRN OK...JUST NORTH OF MAIN DRY SURGE. WITH STRONG SUNSHINE
EXPECTED ACROSS NWRN TX...DEEP MIXING WILL ALLOW DRY LINE TO SURGE
TO NEAR I35 BY 21Z. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM ACROSS SWRN OK
WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS CONVECTION APPROACHES MODERATE
INSTABILITY AXIS WHERE SFC BASED CAPES SHOULD EXCEED 2000J/KG.
VERY STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR...SFC-6KM ON THE ORDER OF 80KT...WILL
PROVE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS. ALTHOUGH BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE
HAS DRIED SOMEWHAT OVER SERN/ECNTRL OK...RECOVERY FROM THE SOUTH
SHOULD ALLOW MID 60S DEW POINTS TO RETURN AHEAD OF DRY
LINE...ENHANCING TORNADIC POTENTIAL AS SUPERCELLS INTENSIFY...A FEW
POSSIBLY STRONG. VERY LARGE HAIL APPEARS POSSIBLE ACROSS CNTRL/ERN
OK WITH MATURING SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT IN
DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY MOVE NEWD INTO NERN OK/SWRN MO. DAMAGING
BOW ECHOES APPEAR POSSIBLE GIVEN STRONG SPEED MAX/SHEAR EXPECTED.
FARTHER SOUTH...ISOLATED SUPERCELLS SHOULD DEVELOP SOUTH ALONG THE
DRY LINE INTO CENTRAL TX WHERE BOUNDARY LAYER REMAINS
MOIST/UNSTABLE. MID LEVEL COOLING WILL PREVENT SIGNIFICANT CAP
FORMATION...OR THE REMOVAL OF INHIBITION NECESSARY FOR CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT. LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES APPEAR POSSIBLE.
...UPPER GREAT LAKES...
INCREASING WARM ADVECTION ON NOSE OF LLJ WILL ENHANCE CONVECTIVE
THREAT FROM NRN MO...NEWD INTO ERN IA/SRN WI. MUCH OF THIS
ACTIVITY SHOULD ORIGINATE ABOVE THE BOUNDARY LAYER...PER 12Z
SOUNDINGS FROM UPSTREAM LOCATIONS. ELEVATED INSTABILITY APPEARS
SUFFICIENT FOR LARGE HAIL WITH ANY ORGANIZED MULTI-CELL CLUSTERS OR
ISOLATED SUPERCELLS.
..DARROW.. 04/19/03
NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 1630Z
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