454  
ACUS11 KWNS 261013  
SWOMCD  
SPC MCD 261012  
OKZ000-TXZ000-261145-  
 
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0523  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
0512 AM CDT FRI APR 26 2024  
 
AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL INTO EASTERN OK  
 
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 137...  
 
VALID 261012Z - 261145Z  
 
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 137  
CONTINUES.  
 
SUMMARY...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE GUSTS AND A COUPLE BRIEF TORNADOES  
WILL SPREAD EASTWARD EARLY THIS MORNING.  
 
DISCUSSION...A QLCS HAS RECENTLY INTENSIFIED FROM CENTRAL INTO  
SOUTHERN OK, WITH A POSSIBLE QLCS TORNADO RECENTLY NOTED EAST OF  
NORMAN. THE 08Z OUN SOUNDING DEPICTED MINIMAL MLCINH, AND SIMILAR  
SURFACE CONDITIONS ARE NOTED FARTHER EAST INTO  
EAST-CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST OK, TO THE WEST OF AN OUTFLOW REINFORCED  
BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHEAST OK.  
 
RATHER STRONG LOW-LEVEL SHEAR AND SRH WERE NOTED ON THE 08Z OUN  
SOUNDING AND PRE-STORM KTLX VWP, AND SOME THREAT FOR EMBEDDED  
MESOCYCLONES AND QLCS TORNADOES (ALONG WITH ISOLATED SEVERE GUSTS)  
MAY SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE MODERATELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT  
DOWNSTREAM. A SMALL DOWNSTREAM WATCH ISSUANCE IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE  
HOUR.  
 
..DEAN/THOMPSON.. 04/26/2024  
   
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT
 
 
ATTN...WFO...TSA...FWD...OUN...  
 
LAT...LON 35539717 35999683 36119638 36089597 36009587 35809574  
35539567 35309566 35099562 34929564 34759568 34349579  
33889619 33719662 33599702 33599737 33639765 33959753  
34279731 34549718 34789721 35539717  
 
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