• MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 0346

    From COD Weather Processor@1:2320/107 to wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu on Fri Apr 3 23:06:01 2026
    ACUS11 KWNS 032305
    SWOMCD
    SPC MCD 032305=20
    KSZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-040100-

    Mesoscale Discussion 0346
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    0605 PM CDT Fri Apr 03 2026

    Areas affected...portions of the Texas Rolling Plains into central
    Oklahoma and southeast Kansas

    Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 93...

    Valid 032305Z - 040100Z

    The severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 93
    continues.

    SUMMARY...Scattered supercells continue to pose a threat for
    large/very large hail and damaging wind gusts. A transition to a
    more linear storm mode and severe wind threat is expected with time.
    The tornado threat remains conditional on a discrete storm
    persisting into the evening.

    DISCUSSION...Latest visible satellite/radar imagery depicts
    scattered supercells along a cold front/trailing dryline from
    eastern Kansas southwestward into the Texas Rolling Plains. While
    storms have struggled to maintain intensity thus far owing to
    lingering capping, moderate buoyancy (2000-2500+ J/kg MLCAPE) and
    40-50 kts of effective bulk shear will continue to support discrete/semi-discrete supercells capable of large/very large hail
    to 2+ inches in diameter and severe wind gusts. Deep-layer shear
    vectors are largely oriented parallel to the southeastward
    progressing cold front, which is expected to favor upscale growth
    into a more linear storm mode over the next few hours, with a
    transition to severe wind gusts as the primary hazard. The tornado
    threat remains conditional on maintaining a discrete storm into the
    evening hours when a strengthening nocturnal low-level jet will
    favor increasing low-level shear/hodograph curvature. The greatest
    potential for discrete storm maintenance appears to be across
    northwest Texas into southwest Oklahoma in close proximity to a weak
    surface low located near the cold front/dryline intersection/

    ..Chalmers.. 04/03/2026

    ...Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.spc.noaa.gov__;!!DZ3fj= g!58RbkysgwXO5So9DR-rMc-O0Hiejvb2GwXxVtQRNb4FuErBTc_Qbr85hUbafvFCvPWz98uQlW= BllZuPf2cwbI-jyYbU$ for graphic product...

    ATTN...WFO...SGF...EAX...TSA...TOP...ICT...FWD...OUN...SJT...
    LUB...

    LAT...LON 33300053 33660068 34729968 35669858 36619722 37469655
    38339622 38539602 38669547 38449472 37839468 36929480
    35949559 34569695 33579838 33269917 33169999 33300053=20

    MOST PROBABLE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY...UP TO 95 MPH
    MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH
    MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...1.50-2.50 IN


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