814  
AWUS01 KWNH 170303  
FFGMPD  
MSZ000-LAZ000-ARZ000-TXZ000-OKZ000-170830-  
 
MESOSCALE PRECIPITATION DISCUSSION 1176  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
1002 PM EST MON DEC 16 2024  
 
AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI..ADJ  
PORTIONSOK, TX, LA...  
 
CONCERNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE  
 
VALID 170300Z - 170830Z  
 
SUMMARY...THE POTENTIAL FOR CONTINUED BACK-BUILDING OF WEAKENING  
BUT TRAINING SHOWERS MAY PRESENT A LOW-END SCATTERED INCIDENT OR  
TWO OF FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  
 
DISCUSSION...GOES-E WV SUITE DENOTES AN ELONGATED TROUGH/STREAM  
INTERSECTION EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS ACROSS THE DELTA  
REGION OF THE MS RIVER TOWARD THE SOUTHERN OHIO VALLEY TOWARD THE  
TAIL END OF THE MORE AMPLIFIED EXITING FLOW ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT  
LAKES. GOES-AMVS CONFIRM RAP ANALYSIS OF THIS INTERSECTION  
EXTENDS THE LENGTH OF THE BROAD RIGHT ENTRANCE TO THE 70-90KT 3H  
JET ACROSS THE TN/OH VALLEY. A SMALL INFLECTION/WAVE IS HIGHLY  
DIVERGENT ACROSS NE TX PROVIDING THE ENHANCED ASCENT PATTERN NOTED  
WITH STRONG CIRRUS FILAMENTS ALONG THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE  
CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS ACROSS NE TX, AR INTO N MS/SW TN. THE DEEP  
UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW EXTENDS BACK TO CENTRAL TX, WHERE MOISTURE IS  
GENERALLY CONFLUENT BEFORE VEERING INTO SOLID ISENTROPIC ASCENT  
TOWARD THE UPPER LEVEL JET ENTRANCE. AS SUCH, CIRA LPW AND RAP  
ANALYSIS SHOW AN ENHANCED POOL OF MOISTURE STARTING TO NEAR 1.5"  
WITH THE VAST MAJORITY BELOW 850MB.  
 
SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS DEFINED SAGGING COLD FRONT ACROSS AR, THAT  
IS STARTING TO SHARPEN, WITH WARM SECTOR SOUTHERLY FLOW PROVIDING  
WEAK BUT SUFFICIENT SURFACE CONVERGENCE FROM 5-10KTS. STRONG  
CONVECTION WITH SOME WEAK QLCS FEATURES GENERALLY TRAINING ALONG  
THE BOUNDARY/DEEP LAYER MOISTURE INTERFACE ARE FED UPSTREAM BY  
POOL OF 1000-1250 J/KG OF MUCAPE BEFORE DIMINISHING RAPIDLY TOWARD  
N MS. RATES OF 1.5-1.7"/HR ARE PROBABLE GIVEN MOISTURE/UNSTABLE  
AIR AND WITH TRAINING PROFILES MAY ALLOW FOR STREAKS OF 2-3"  
TOTALS, THOUGH EASTWARD ALONG THE LINE WILL SEE ENHANCED  
SOUTHEASTWARD PROPAGATION. WHILE SOIL CONDITIONS ARE FAIRLY  
DRY/GENERALLY RECEPIBLE; THEY ARE STARTING TO GO A BIT DORMANT AND  
RATES MAY BE SUFFICIENT FOR LOCALIZED POOLING/ENCHAINED RUN-OFF.  
AS SUCH FLASH FLOODING IS CONSIDERED POSSIBLE.  
 
WHILE UPSTREAM CONVECTION APPEARS TO BECOMING A BIT MORE FRACTURED  
DUE TO SLIGHTLY WEAKER FLOW, THE UPPER-LEVEL DIVERGENCE/OUTFLOW  
CHANNEL IS SUGGESTIVE/SUPPORTIVE OF BACK-BUILDING/ISENTROPIC  
ASCENT. ADDITIONALLY, THIS MID-LEVEL WAVE IS SUPPORTING SOME  
SHORTWAVE RIDGING ACROSS SW TO SOUTH-CENTRAL AR AND BACKING  
PROPAGATION VECTORS TO BE BE MORE NORTHWARD ALLOWING FOR GREATER  
POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING CELLS THROUGH THE NEXT 4-5 HOURS. HI-RES  
CAMS ARE INCONSISTENT IN THE EVOLUTION OVERALL CONVECTIVE  
ACTIVITY/COVERAGE...GIVEN THE WEAKENED UPSTREAM CONVERGENCE, BUT  
ONES THAT DO HAVE STRONGER CONVERGENCE DO DEPICT A HIGHER  
POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING/BACK-BUILDING SIGNAL NEAR AREAS THAT HAVE  
ALREADY RECEIVED THE HIGHER RAINFALL RESULTING IN INITIAL FLASH  
FLOODING WARNING. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH CONTINGENT ON THE EVOLUTION  
AND SO THE RISK FOR CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS TEXARKANA  
TOWARD THE CENTRAL LA/AR BORDER IS ALSO CONSIDERED POSSIBLE  
THROUGH 09Z (AS SIGNALS FURTHER DIMINISH THROUGH THE ENTIRE HI-RES  
CAM SUITE).  
 
GALLINA  
   
..PLEASE SEE WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT
 
 
ATTN...WFO...JAN...LZK...MEG...SHV...  
 
ATTN...RFC...ABRFC...LMRFC...NWC...  
 
LAT...LON 34649054 34488968 33928946 33409022 33069166  
32919259 32909333 32849406 33109473 33359479  
33799453 33989415 34199346 34409209  
 
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