Tornado Watches Up - Large Squall Line on the move
Posted by JAC on 10/29/2009, 6:55 am


MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2154
  NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
  0531 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
 
  AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL OK INTO N-CNTRL TX
 
  CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 778...779...
 
  VALID 291031Z - 291200Z
 
  THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 778...779...CONTINUES.
 
  THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
  ACROSS PARTS OF CNTRL OK INTO FAR N-CNTRL TX INTO MID MORNING.
  CURRENT TORNADO WATCHES MAY BE REPLACED WITH A SEVERE TSTM WATCH
  SHORTLY.
 
  A QLCS HAS BECOME ESTABLISHED ALONG PACIFIC FRONT AS OF 1025Z FROM
  JUST W OF PNC SSWWD TO JUST W OF OKC TO SPS.  AS MENTIONED IN PRIOR
  DISCUSSIONS...STRONGER CONVECTIVE UPDRAFTS CONTINUE TO BE UNDERCUT
  BY COMBINATION OF CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW AND SYNOPTIC FRONT...DESPITE
  THE EWD PROGRESSION OF SYSTEM INTO AN EXCEEDINGLY MOIST AIR MASS.
  THUS...EVEN THOUGH AMBIENT WIND FIELD REMAINS QUITE STRONG...THE
  OUTFLOW-DOMINANT...LINEAR CONVECTION MODE IS EXPECTED TO LIMIT THE
  TORNADO THREAT...AT LEAST IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.  THE POTENTIAL
  FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST WITH ANY EMBEDDED
  BOWING SEGMENTS...THEREFORE PARTS OF CURRENT TORNADO WATCHES WILL
  LIKELY BE REPLACED WITH A NEW SEVERE TSTM WATCH.
 
  ..MEAD.. 10/29/2009






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