[MCD] SWOMCD

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ACUS11 KWNS 120226
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 120226 
KSZ000-NEZ000-120330-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0832
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0926 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

AREAS AFFECTED...WRN INTO N-CNTRL KS

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 248...249...

VALID 120226Z - 120330Z

A NEW WW WILL BE REQUIRED SOON TO REPLACE TORNADO WATCHES 248 AND
249.

TSTMS HAVE INTENSIFIED OVER THE PAST HOUR OVER PORTIONS OF WRN
KANSAS /NAMELY GRANT...KEARNY AND FINNEY COUNTIES/ WITH A TORNADO
RECENTLY REPORTED WITH A SUPERCELL OVER GRANT COUNTY. MODIFICATION
OF 00Z DDC SOUNDING AND PROXIMITY RUC SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT CAP IS
INCREASING E OF DRYLINE...THUS ONLY STORMS WITH ESTABLISHED...STRONG
MESOCYCLONES MAY BE ABLE TO PERSIST PAST 03Z. FARTHER TO THE
N...COMPOSITE OUTFLOW IS PUSHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY SWD ACROSS N-CNTRL
KS...DOWNSTREAM FROM SURFACE LOW E OF GLD. A CONTINUED THREAT OF
MAINLY LARGE HAIL WILL PERSIST N OF THIS BOUNDARY ALONG SLY 40-50 KT
LLJ AXIS.

A NEW WW WILL BE REQUIRED SOON TO ACCOMMODATE SEVERE STORMS W AND NW
OF GCK...AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL THREAT N OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVER
N-CNTRL KS.

..MEAD.. 05/12/2005

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...GID...DDC...GLD...

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