• MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 1214

    From COD Weather Processor@1:2320/107 to wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu on Sat Jun 20 22:42:35 2026
    ACUS11 KWNS 202242
    SWOMCD
    SPC MCD 202242=20
    KSZ000-NEZ000-COZ000-210045-

    Mesoscale Discussion 1214
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    0542 PM CDT Sat Jun 20 2026

    Areas affected...portions of far eastern Colorado...extreme
    southwestern Nebraska...and western Kansas

    Concerning...Tornado and Severe Thunderstorm Watches 357...358...

    Valid 202242Z - 210045Z

    The severe weather threat for Tornado and Severe Thunderstorm
    Watches 357, 358 continues.

    SUMMARY...All severe hazards are possible over the next couple of
    hours. However, ongoing storms should merge into an MCS and support
    a potential severe wind swath between 00-04Z. A few gusts may reach
    85-100 mph.

    DISCUSSION...Multiple HP supercells, with a history of hail 1-3
    inches in diameter, and measured gusts up to 90 mph (89 mph measured
    by NSSL mobile unit), are in the process of gradually merging along
    the KS/NE border, with a convective outflow boundary noted across
    Cheyenne into Rawlins Counties. Over the next couple of hours, the
    more intense and discrete updrafts will persist with a severe hail
    threat, with a few stones exceeding 2 inches in diameter. While
    storms may become outflow dominant, an additional tornado or two may
    still occur given the amount of low-level shear concentrated along
    the warm front.=20

    Over the next few hours, the supercells are expected to merge into a cold-pool-driven MCS, which will surge southward this evening. Given
    preceding 8-8.5 C/km mid-level lapse rates, and a corridor of 50-60
    kt bulk shear vectors oriented roughly normal to the expected MCS
    leading-line orientation, the MCS could become highly organized and
    produce a severe wind swath. This swath will most likely occur
    somewhere in the 00-04Z period, containing abundant gusts in the
    60-70 mph range, with the strongest gusts possibly reaching 85-100
    mph, as suggested by some of the latest HRRR and WoFS runs.

    ..Squitieri.. 06/20/2026

    ...Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.spc.noaa.gov__;!!DZ3fj= g!_kTooEdJmlcKmU0lm6FTHLnhzPXXJnYPRLElnx1e52lJrjiUSCbm85C-Z_-ocCPAQnm7XOT54= IpPQvPZ3XBr62Li9qg$ for graphic product...

    ATTN...WFO...ICT...GID...DDC...GLD...PUB...BOU...

    LAT...LON 37100100 37220202 37360271 37460296 37660304 38750300
    39130299 39800287 40200216 40310147 40280061 40059973
    39779902 39229880 38349877 37749879 37329960 37150024
    37100100=20

    MOST PROBABLE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY...100-125 MPH
    MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...85-100 MPH
    MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...2.00-3.50 IN


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