Severe Thunderstorm Warning 292, NWS Norman, OK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
145 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

A COMPLICATED CONVECTIVE SCENARIO WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST THRU TONITE
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.  AS SUSPECTED YDAY..THE FOCUS FOR
INTIATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING SHUD BE INVOF
RETREATING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN SW OK.

OF IMMEDIATE CONCERN IS THE CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE AFTERNOON THRU TONITE.  WE ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT SVR WX
EPISODE..INCLUDING TORNADIC SUPERCELLS..ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
BASED ON SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE BECOMING APPARENT IN THE
OBSERVATIONAL DATA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. VIS SAT PIX AND AREA RADARS
ARE INDICATING AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY INTERSECTION INVOF KNOX CITY
TX..WITH THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THE MORNING BOW ECHO BEGINNING TO
MIX NWD IN NC TX.  CURRENT WV IMAGERY IS SHOWING AN AMPLIFYING UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING EWD TOWARD EL PASO TX ATTM..WHICH WILL
BEGIN INTERACTING WITH THE INSTABILITY AXIS BY AROUND 00Z.
HOWEVER..TWO FEATURES WHICH GRAB OUR ATTENTION THE MOST ARE THE SFC
PRESSURE FALLS NOW DEVELOPING WWD ACROSS NC TX FROM 16-18Z..AND
EVIDENCE OF A MESOLOW DEVELOPING NEAR KCDS.  THIS FEATURE WAS
SUGGESTED BY THE 12Z ETA..AND AT LEAST SO FAR..OBSERVATIONAL DATA
SUPPORT THIS IDEA. IF THE MESOLOW PERSISTS..IT WILL ACT TO STRONGLY
BACK THE LOW LEVEL FLOW FIELD BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING ACROSS
THE SRN HALF OF THE AREA..RESULTING IN VERY FAVORABLE HODOGRAPHS.
COUPLE THESE FACTORS WITH CAPES 4000-6000 J/KG AND MUCH LOWER LFC
HGHTS THAN YDAY SPELLS TROUBLE. THESE FEATURES WILL BE CLOSELY
MONITORED THRU THE AFTERNOON.

REGARDLESS..EVOLUTION OF ANOTHER MCS IS EXPECTED OVERNITE WITH
ATTENDANT SVR WX AND HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT.  WILL AGAIN NEED TO
CLOSELY ASSESS THE FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL OVERNITE.  HOWEVER..ATTM
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE MOST FOCUSSED THREAT FOR HEAVIEST PRECIP WILL
BE SOUTH AND EAST OF WHERE 3 TO 6 INCH RAINS FELL LAST NITE.

THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PERSIST ON SAT AS MAIN FRONTAL
BOUNDARY /ALTHOUGH WEAKENING WITH TIME/ WILL SLOWLY SAG SWD THRU THE
FA.  SRN SECTIONS OF THE AREA MAY BE UNDER THE GUN YET AGAIN FOR
MORE SVR TOMORROW EVENING/NITE. WILL NEED TO WATCH HEAVY RAIN
POTENTIAL IN THE SE ZONES SAT NITE.  CLASSIC NOCTURNAL HEAVY RAIN
EVENT IS HINTED AT IN THE LATEST MODEL RUNS..ALTHOUGH THE BEST MASS
INFLOW MAY SET UP JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF OUR AREA BY AFTER 06Z
SUNDAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS WILL BE CARRIED INTO SUNDAY
MORNING IN THE SE.

REMAINDER OF THE FA LOOKS TO HAVE A DRY DAY ON SUNDAY AND MOST OF
MEMORIAL DAY. HOWEVER..THE NEW CANADIAN/MRF RUNS SUGGEST A SFC TROF
DVLPG INVOF NW OK BY MONDAY EVENING..WITH MOISTURE RETURNING AS
WELL. THIS MAY WARRANT SLIGHT CHC POPS IN PORTIONS OF THE WEST
MEMORIAL DAY EVENING.  POPS WILL CONTINUE THRU TUES/WED AS SFC TROF
AND WEAK FRONT ONCE AGAIN HANG UP IN THE AREA.
 MILLER

PRELIM NUMBERS..SUBJECT TO CHANGE..
OKC   67  86  62  91 /  70  30  10  10
HBR   67  88  61  92 /  60  30  10  10
SPS   68  91  64  93 /  70  30  20  10
GAG   58  85  56  90 /  60  10  10  10
PNC   66  84  59  88 /  70  20  10  10
DUA   72  91  66  90 /  50  40  40  20

OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1214 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1040 PM    4 WNW CARMARGO            OK   66 MPH WIND GUST
05/25/00   DEWEY                          MEASURED BY OKLAHOMA
                                          MESONET

0530 AM    WALTERS                   OK   LARGE TREES UPROOTED
05/26/00   COTTON                         TWO MOBILE HOMES
                                          DESTROYED
                                          NUMEROUS POWER POLES DOWN
                                          AND POWER OUTAGES
                                          PUBLIC REPORT

0635 AM    ARDMORE                   OK   POWER LINES DOWN
05/26/00   CARTER                         ROOF DAMAGE TO SOUTHERN
                                          OKLAHOMA TECH CENTER
                                          WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES
                                          REPORTED BY EM

0640 AM    ARDMORE                   OK   VEHICLES DAMAGED BY FALLEN
05/26/00   CARTER                         TREES
                                          MOBILE HOME DESTROYED
                                          REPORTED BY EM

0720 AM    ADA                       OK   ROOF OF HOUSE REMOVED
05/26/00   PONTOTOC                       PUBLIC REPORT

0730 AM    ALLEN                     OK   THREE INCH LIMBS BROKEN
05/26/00   PONTOTOC                       NWS COOP OBSERVER

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