Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 2, 2004

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1124 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2004

HIGH BASED CONVECTION CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF KANSAS...WITHIN
DIRECT AGEOSTROPHIC CIRCULATION FORCED BY UPPER JET OVER MISSOURI
AND EASTERN KANSAS. ELEVATED CAPES OF NEARLY 1000 J/KG AND 40-50 KT
0-6 KM SHEAR HAVE BEEN MORE THAN ADEQUATE FOR A FEW OF THESE STORMS
TO BE SEVERE. SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND IS STRENGTHENING DUE TO CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW AND
WEAK DIABATIC HEATING OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS. MODIFIED 12Z OUN
SOUNDING FOR LATE AFTERNOON BOUNDARY LAYER PARAMETERS OF 86/65
INDICATE A MLCAPE OF 2700 J/KJ AND CIN OF ONLY 22 J/KJ. POSITION OF
FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS NOT EXPECTED TO CHANGE APPRECIABLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON...BUT AS SHORTWAVE TROUGHS CONTINUE TO PIVOT AROUND GREAT
LAKES UPPER TROUGH...THE FRONT SHOULD DIP A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH
ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA AND COULD MOVE SLIGHTLY
NORTHWARD OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA.

TWO SCENARIOS APPEAR MOST LIKELY AT THIS TIME. ONE IS FOR HIGH BASED
TSTMS OVER KANSAS TO TAP INTO GREATER INSTABILITY FARTHER SOUTH AS
THE MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER DEEPENS AND STORMS MOVE FARTHER INTO THE
LOWER LEVEL MOIST AXIS. GIVEN THE LOW CIN SOUTHEAST OF PRESENT
ACTIVITY...IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE FOR TSTMS TO CONTINUE AND OR
EXPAND IN AREAL COVERAGE AND/OR INTENSITY.

THE OTHER SCENARIO IS FOR ADDITIONAL TSTM DEVELOPMENT LATE TODAY
OVER THE OKLAHOMA/NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES IN UPSLOPE AREAS WITH
THE LOW LEVEL JET ENHANCING STORM RELATIVE FLOW THIS EVENING AND
ALLOWING STORMS TO EXPAND SOUTHEASTWARD OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY
INFLUENCING THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA.

JAMES

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408 AM CDT WED JUN  2 2004

.DISCUSSION...
VARIOUS SURFACE BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. ONE
STRETCHES FROM NEAR STILLWATER WEST TO SOUTH OF GAGE SEPARATING
DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S TO THE SOUTH AND IN THE 40S AND 50S TO THE
NORTH. ANOTHER STRETCHES FROM NEAR DURANT TO NORTH OF ARDMORE TO
WAURIKA WITH A WIND SHIFT FROM EAST TO SOUTH. THERE IS ALSO A DECENT
SURGE OF STRATUS INTO SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS. AGAIN THE FORECAST SOUNDING LOOK TO BE UNCAPPED IN THE
SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP AGAIN WITH THE MAIN FOCUS EXPECTED TO BE THE SOUTHWEST. BUT
WITH VARIOUS BOUNDARIES AROUND... WILL PUT 20S IN MANY AREAS.
DEWPOINTS SHOULD NOT MIX OUT AS MUCH IN THE SOUTH AS THEY DID
YESTERDAY... SO AREAL COVERAGE MAY BE A HIGHER WITH ANY CONVECTION
TODAY. BUT FOR THE MOMENT WILL MAINLY KEEP IT AT 20S FOR THE FIRST
PERIOD.

WITH EAST TO SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS ADVECTING MOISTURE
NORTHWEST INTO THE HIGHER TERRAIN... EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP
IN THE HIGH PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO OR THE NORTHWEST
PANHANDLES. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP INTO A COMPLEX AND MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD MY SOUTHWESTERN
COUNTIES TONIGHT. HAVE KEPT THE HIGHEST POPS IN THE SOUTHWEST
OVERNIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW WITH THIS SCENARIO. IT APPEARS GFS IS
SUFFERING FROM SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT... BUT
OTHER MODELS ARE SHOWING THIS SIGNAL WITH MORE REASONABLE VALUES OF
LIFT AND QPF.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  87  65  82  66 /  10  30  30  20
HOBART OK         88  65  84  66 /  20  40  30  20
WICHITA FALLS TX  90  67  86  68 /  20  30  30  20
GAGE OK           85  61  82  63 /  20  30  10  20
PONCA CITY OK     83  61  82  64 /  10  20  20  10
DURANT OK         88  68  83  68 /  20  30  30  20

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
700 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2004

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-021700-

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF
OKLAHOMA.

LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK IS SOUTH OF A SHATTUCK TO STROUD LINE.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FROM MID
AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA MAY REQUIRE SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.

DISCUSSION...A WEAK COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM SOUTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS MORNING. LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE WAS INCREASING IN THE VICNITY OF THIS FEATURE.

THE FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY NEAR THE RED RIVER LATER TODAY. THE
AIRMASS ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS WILL BECOME
VERY UNSTABLE BY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE LOWER
90S. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON IN THE
VICINITY OF THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA WHERE HOT TEMPERATURES AND SOMEWHAT STRONGER LOW
LEVEL CONVERGENCE MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO BREAK THE CAP. INSTABILITY
AND VERTICAL WIND PROFILES WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. SUPERCELLS ARE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE
MAIN THREATS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE
AFTER DARK AS OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH PLAINS
IN COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO PARTS OF WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT THURSDAY JUN 3.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...60 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...50 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT
ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AS THE FRONT
BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY IN THE VICINITY OF THE RED RIVER.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE FRONT
LINGERS IN THE AREA.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON
TODAY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1109 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2004

OKZ006-007-021645-
ALFALFA OK-GRANT OK-
1109 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2004

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ALFALFA AND GRANT COUNTIES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 24 MILES NORTH OF AMORITA AT 1109
AM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.

PEOPLE IN ALFALFA AND GRANT COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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