MD 1182 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL…WATCH POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF THE TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE VICINITY INTO NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
Mesoscale Discussion 1182
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0153 PM CDT Thu Jun 06 2024
Areas affected…Parts of the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandle vicinity into
northwestern Oklahoma
Concerning…Severe potential…Watch possible
Valid 061853Z – 062000Z
Probability of Watch Issuance…40 percent
SUMMARY…Isolated to widely scattered sustained thunderstorm
development will become increasingly likely through 4-6 PM CDT.
This may include one or two developing supercell structures, with
large hail and potentially damaging surface gusts the primary
potential severe hazards. It is not certain when or if a watch will
be needed, but trends are being monitored for this possibility.
DISCUSSION…Beneath fairly prominent mid/upper ridging (which
encompasses much of the Great Basin and Southwest into southern
Great Plains), and lingering elevated mixed-layer air to the east of
the southern Rockies, a remnant surface front is becoming the focus
for strengthening differential surface heating across the
Texas/Oklahoma Panhandles into northwestern Oklahoma. Enhanced
low-level convergence along this zone is maintaining sufficient
moisture within a deepening mixed boundary layer to support CAPE
increasing in excess of 2000 J/kg.
Perhaps aided by lift associated with weak low-level warm advection,
deepening high-based convective development is ongoing. With
additional insolation and the approach of convective temperatures,
isolated to widely scattered sustained thunderstorm development
appears increasingly probable through 21-23Z.
West-northwesterly deep-layer mean flow is weak (around 10-15 kt),
but veering of winds with height might be contributing to shear
marginally sufficient to support short-lived supercell structures
with potential to produce severe hail and wind. This activity will
be slow moving, with stronger cells tending to propagate southward
and southwestward.
..Kerr/Smith.. 06/06/2024
…Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product…
ATTN…WFO…OUN…AMA…
LAT…LON 36770102 36969965 36729776 35499903 35500061 35450108
35850173 36390162 36770102
