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Apr-19-2003 1300 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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   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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