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ACUS11 KWNS 042335
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SPC MCD 042334 
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0429
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0634 PM CDT TUE APR 04 2006

AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL CA

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 149...

VALID 042334Z - 050030Z

...ISOLD SVR THREAT WILL CONTINUE EAST OF FRESNO/HANFORD THROUGH
02Z...

LATEST RADAR TRENDS ARE BEING MONITORED ACROSS CNTRL CA...WHERE WIND
FIELDS REMAIN EXTREMELY STRONG AHEAD OF APPROACHING TROUGH. STORMS
HAVE INCREASED OVER THE LAST HOUR OR SO...WHERE AIRMASS HAS BECOME
MARGINALLY UNSTABLE. TEMPERATURES AT 500MB ARE AT LEAST MINUS 20
CELSIUS OR BELOW AND THIS IS PROMOTING STEEP LAPSE RATES. SEVERE
THREAT WILL LIKELY PERSIST BEYOND THE EXPIRATION OF WW 149 AND THE
WATCH MAY NEED TO BE LOCALLY EXTENDED. SVR THREAT WILL MAINLY EXIST
FOR LARGE HAIL. WINDS VEER TO WLY BEHIND CONVECTIVE LINE WHICH
EXTENDS FROM NE OF FAT TO HJO...SO PRIMARY THREAT APPEARS TO REMAIN
OVER PARTS OF MADERA/FRESNO/TULARE COUNTIES.

..TAYLOR.. 04/04/2006

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

ATTN...WFO...VEF...REV...HNX...STO...

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