• MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 0272

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    ACUS11 KWNS 152145
    SWOMCD
    SPC MCD 152145
    VAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-152315-

    Mesoscale Discussion 0272
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    0445 PM CDT Sun Apr 15 2018

    Areas affected...Central/Western VA....Central NC....Eastern SC

    Concerning...Tornado Watch 52...53...

    Valid 152145Z - 152315Z

    The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 52, 53 continues.

    SUMMARY...Threat for damaging wind gusts and tornadoes will continue
    for the next few hours across Tornado Watches 52 and 53.

    DISCUSSION...A strong convective line continues to progress
    northeastward at 35-40 kt across western VA, central NC, and
    northeast SC. Recent KRAX radar imagery showed a strong rotation
    signature accompanied by a minimum in the correlation coefficient
    moving across Guilford county. These embedded circulations will
    remain possible for the next few hours, particularly with any storm
    mergers than occur with more discrete storms developing ahead of the
    line. Wind fields across the region remain quite strong (0-6 km bulk
    shear over 55 kt per recent KRAX VAD data). Mesoanalysis suggests
    higher shear farther north across VA. Low-level helicity (over 340
    m2 per s2 from 0-3 km from KRAX) is also supportive of updraft
    rotation. Expectation is for the convective line to continue
    northeastward from the next several hours with damaging wind gusts
    and tornadoes possible. Southern portions of this line will likely
    approach the edge of the watch within the next hour and extension in
    area may be needed across portions of far southeast NC and adjacent
    far northeast NC.

    Farther south (into SC), a second, weaker convective line continues
    to move northeastward across CHS's CWA. Some modest strengthening of
    the updrafts within this line has been noted over the past hour.
    Damaging wind gusts and perhaps a brief tornado remain possible over
    the remaining portions of Tornado Watch 52.

    ..Mosier.. 04/15/2018

    ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...

    ATTN...WFO...AKQ...LWX...RAH...ILM...RNK...CHS...CAE...GSP...

    LAT...LON 36378061 37858009 37957867 37167815 34667855 32797928
    32628089 35078083 36378061



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    ACUS11 KWNS 070601
    SWOMCD
    SPC MCD 070600
    TXZ000-070730-

    Mesoscale Discussion 0272
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    0100 AM CDT Sun Apr 07 2019

    Areas affected...portions of southern TX

    Concerning...Severe potential...Watch likely

    Valid 070600Z - 070730Z

    Probability of Watch Issuance...80 percent

    SUMMARY...Large hail and damaging wind gusts will be possible
    overnight into the early morning hours across much of southern Texas
    as a cluster of storms in Mexico cross the Rio Grande and shift
    eastward.

    DISCUSSION...The severe threat will continue to increase overnight
    as a cluster of storms over the higher terrain of Mexico shifts east
    across parts of the Hill Country and points south. This convection
    is being forced by increasing ascent as the southern stream
    shortwave trough ejects over northern Mexico. The downstream
    environment is characterized by a very moist boundary layer with
    upper 60s to low 70s dewpoints beneath midlevel lapse rates around
    8-8.5 C/km. This is resulting in MUCAPE values around 2000-3000
    J/kg. Low level easterly flow through the lowest 1km or so is
    relatively weak, ranging from about 10-15 kt, but should increase
    slightly with time. A quasi-stationary front is draped across the
    region from northern Maverick County east/northeast into
    east-central TX. Hi-res guidance suggests convection will organize
    and travel roughly along and south of this boundary in the more
    pristine warm sector airmass.

    Given very steep midlevel lapse rates, hail will be likely in
    embedded stronger updrafts/supercells. Storm mode could temper a
    more significant hail threat, though some very large hail cannot be
    ruled out. While boundary layer inhibition is quite strong at this
    point, strong forcing should be sufficient to weaken low level
    inhibition sufficiently for some damaging wind threat as well.
    Convection will track eastward across much of southern TX through
    the overnight hours and a watch will be within the next hour or so.

    ..Leitman/Thompson.. 04/07/2019

    ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...

    ATTN...WFO...CRP...EWX...BRO...

    LAT...LON 29639872 29629810 29469749 29079701 28759675 28489660
    28239656 27969685 27659711 27429731 27249753 27139787
    27159887 27259947 27589973 27799995 28080014 28270035
    28610053 29080073 29260063 29460013 29639872



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