STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWE46 KWNS.
VALID 191630Z - 201200Z
THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FOR CENTRAL/ERN OK AND EXTREME
S/SE KS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 NW JLN 25 SW FYV 40 ENE PRX
30 ESE DUA 20 W DUA 35 NNW ADM OKC 40 W END 25 SSW P28 45 E ICT 20
NW JLN.
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
40 NE LIT 40 SSW HOT 35 S GGG 40 ESE CLL 45 NW VCT SAT 60 E JCT
50 ESE BWD FTW 30 S ADM 45 NW ADM 45 ENE CSM 35 SE GAG 10 ENE GAG
40 N GAG 35 SSE DDC 40 WSW HUT 30 NW EMP 15 NE FLV 15 NE DSM
35 WSW RST 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 60 WSW COT 40 S JCT
45 NE JCT 45 E ABI 20 SW SPS 15 SSW CDS 25 NW LBB 25 NW ROW
20 NW ONM 40 SSW GUP 35 NNW INW 40 W PGA 15 SW U24 35 WSW OGD
40 ESE MLD 50 NE EVW 25 E RKS 35 S RWL 30 NW AKO 30 E AKO
20 NNE GLD 30 WNW HLC 35 NE HLC 25 E HSI 10 NE OLU 25 NE SUX
30 ENE OTG 20 S STC 25 WSW DLH 25 ENE ELO ...CONT... 25 SSE MTC
10 ENE FDY 40 WSW LUK 35 SSW BNA 40 NNW MEI 25 SW HUM.
...N TX/OK/EXTREME S/SE KS AREA...
REMNANTS OF A NOCTURNAL MCS/POSSIBLE MCV ARE MOVING NEWD TOWARD
W/NW MO...WHILE ADDITIONAL ELEVATED STORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN A
SWATH FROM NE TX NEWD ACROSS ERN OK/WRN AR ALONG THE 50 KT LLJ.
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
ACTIVITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THOUGH THE STRONGER INSTABILITY
SHOULD REMAIN FARTHER W OVER CENTRAL OK AND N TX. IN THE WAKE OF
THIS CONVECTION...AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS ALREADY LIFTING NWD ACROSS
S/SW OK. E/SELY WINDS ON THE COOL SIDE OF THE BOUNDARY AND BREAKS
IN THE CLOUDS WILL ALLOW THE LOW LEVELS TO DESTABILIZE ACROSS
CENTRAL/NRN OK THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
A SURFACE LOW IN THE NRN TX PANHANDLE WILL DEVELOP EWD TO CENTRAL/N
CENTRAL OK BY LATE AFTERNOON AS A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH LIFTS
NEWD FROM NE NM TOWARD SRN KS. THE DRYLINE NOW ACROSS NW TX WILL
SHARPEN AND MOVE EWD TO NEAR THE I-35 CORRIDOR IN CENTRAL OK/N TX
BY 21-00Z...IN RESPONSE TO DAYTIME HEATING/MIXING AND 30 KT W/SWLY
LOW-LEVEL FLOW NOTED IN THE JTN/DYX WIND PROFILES. MEANWHILE...THE
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY NEAR THE RED RIVER IN SW OK SHOULD BECOME MORE
DIFFUSE AND DRIFT N OF THE I-44 CORRIDOR BY AFTERNOON. EXPECT
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AROUND 19-21Z NEAR THE SURFACE
LOW IN NW OK...AND SPREAD GENERALLY EWD ACROSS NRN OK THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON/EVENING. STORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP NEAR THE OUTFLOW AND
DRYLINE INTERSECTION AROUND 20-22Z TO THE NW OF OKC...AS WELL AS
SWD ALONG THE DRYLINE INTO N TX BY 00Z. THESE STORMS WILL THEN
MOVE EWD ACROSS ERN OK/NE TX THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.
VERTICAL SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR DISCRETE
SUPERCELLS...WITH 0-6 KM SHEAR OF 50-60 KT ORIENTED ACROSS THE
DRYLINE...AND MLCAPE VALUES OF 1500-2000 J/KG FROM CENTRAL/ERN OK
SWD INTO N/NE TX. VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING GUSTS CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS FROM ABOUT 21-04Z ACROSS THE MDT RISK
AREA. THOUGH LOW-LEVEL FLOW/SHEAR WILL LIKELY WEAKEN SOME BY
AFTERNOON ACROSS N TX/OK...A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE GIVEN
BOUNDARY LAYER DEW POINTS OF 62-64 F AND 0-1 KM SRH OF 100-200
M2/S2.
...MO/IL/IA/WI...
THE LOW OVER SRN MN THIS MORNING WILL WEAKEN AND A NEW LOW SHOULD
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INVOF NRN MO AND MOVE NEWD ACROSS IA DURING
THE EVENING/WRN WI OVERNIGHT...AS THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE SRN
HIGH PLAINS MOVES NEWD TOWARD IA BY 20/12Z. THOUGH LOW-LEVEL AND
DEEP LAYER WIND PROFILES/SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR ORGANIZED
SEVERE STORMS OVER THIS AREA...WIDESPREAD CLOUDS/PRECIPITATION
SPREADING NEWD WILL LIMIT DESTABILIZATION THIS AFTERNOON.
THEREFORE...EXPECT THE MAIN THREATS ALONG THE LOW TRACK TO BE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS WITH STORMS EMBEDDED
IN THE LARGER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM
ALONG THE COLD FRONT OR MOVE INTO MO/WRN AR TONIGHT FROM ERN
OK...BUT THE STORMS SHOULD TEND TO WEAKEN LATE TONIGHT WHILE MOVING
AWAY FROM THE STRONGER INSTABILITY ACROSS ERN OK.
..THOMPSON.. 04/19/03
NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 2000Z
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