[MCD] SWOMCD

Mon Apr 24 23:20:37 UTC 2006

ACUS11 KWNS 242317
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 242317 
KSZ000-OKZ000-250045-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0644
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0617 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTH CENTRAL KS AND WESTERN/CENTRAL OK

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 244...

VALID 242317Z - 250045Z

VALID PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 244 CONTINUES UNTIL 02Z...WITH
INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING JUST EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR IN
SOUTH CENTRAL KS AND NORTH CENTRAL OK...FROM EAST OF WICHITA KS TO
NEAR STILLWATER OK. MAIN HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS IN THE SHORT TERM
WILL BE LARGE HAIL AS STORMS BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD RESIDUAL COLD POOL
INTO SOUTHEAST KS/NORTHEAST OK.

PRIMARY TORNADO POTENTIAL ACROSS TORNADO WATCH 244 SEEMINGLY REMAINS
WITH STORMS THAT DEVELOP/MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST AND INTERACT WITH
RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OK...ROUGHLY FROM
NEAR ALVA/ENID OK TO JUST NORTH OF THE OKC METRO AREA.

IN SOUTHWEST/WEST CENTRAL OK...RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS
OCCURRING ACROSS CADDO/COMANCHE/TILLMAN COUNTIES AS OF 2310Z. VERY
MOIST/UNCAPPED AIRMASS IS IN PLACE AHEAD OF THESE STORMS INTO
CENTRAL OK...THUS FURTHER DEVELOPMENT/SHORT TERM INTENSIFICATION
APPEARS LIKELY AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE/COLD FRONT. AMBIENT WARM SECTOR
AIRMASS IS CHARACTERIZED BY MLCAPE IN EXCESS OF 3000 J/KG. IN
ADDITION...LOW LEVEL FLOW HAS BACKED TO SOUTH/SOUTHEAST OVER THE
PAST FEW HOURS ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTHWEST OK. ASIDE FROM VERY LARGE
HAIL...MODESTLY ENLARGED LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS PER ADJUSTED TLX
WSR-88D VAD IS SUFFICIENT FOR LOW LEVEL STORM ROTATION/POTENTIAL
TORNADOES AS STORMS INTENSIFY/MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL OK.

..GUYER.. 04/24/2006

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

ATTN...WFO...TSA...ICT...OUN...DDC...

37629849 37919818 38159753 37789660 36619637 35639671
34429702 34159790 34359880 35509895 36759870 37269863 

WWWW