189  
ACUS11 KWNS 180518  
SWOMCD  
SPC MCD 180517  
ARZ000-TXZ000-OKZ000-180715-  
 
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2271  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
1117 PM CST TUE DEC 17 2024  
 
AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN  
TEXAS...SOUTHEASTERN...SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS  
 
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY  
 
VALID 180517Z - 180715Z  
 
PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...5 PERCENT  
 
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS POSING A RISK FOR MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND  
WIND MAY PERSIST THROUGH AROUND 1-3 AM CST, MAINLY ACROSS THE RED  
RIVER VICINITY OF NORTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND  
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS.  
 
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY INTENSIFYING IN A NARROW  
BAND, GENERALLY FOCUSED ALONG A PRE-FRONTAL CONFLUENCE ZONE LIKELY  
TO CONTINUE AN EASTWARD PROGRESSION BEFORE BEING OVERTAKEN BY THE  
SOUTHEASTWARD ADVANCING COLD FRONT LATER TONIGHT. THIS IS BEING  
SUPPORTED BY DESTABILIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH MOISTENING WITHIN  
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW, LARGELY ABOVE A RESIDUAL COOL AND STABLE  
BOUNDARY LAYER. NEAR THE RED RIVER INTO SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, IT  
APPEARS THAT THIS IS BECOMING ROOTED CLOSE TO THE SURFACE, AIDED BY  
NEAR-SURFACE THERMAL AND MOISTURE ADVECTION. AND THERE MAY BE A  
CONTINUING WINDOW FOR THE EVOLUTION OF TRANSIENT SUPERCELL  
STRUCTURES POSING A RISK FOR MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS  
THROUGH AROUND 07-09Z.  
 
..KERR/SMITH.. 12/18/2024  
   
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT  
 
ATTN...WFO...LZK...SHV...TSA...FWD...OUN...  
 
LAT...LON 34479585 35259440 34709331 33589440 33479667 33859706  
34479585  
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