• MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 1311

    From COD Weather Processor@1:2320/107 to wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu on Thu Jun 25 18:56:47 2026
    ACUS11 KWNS 251856
    SWOMCD
    SPC MCD 251856=20
    OKZ000-KSZ000-TXZ000-NMZ000-252130-

    Mesoscale Discussion 1311
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    0156 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026

    Areas affected...southwest Kansas...the Oklahoma Panhandle and
    northwest Oklahoma...and the northern Texas Panhandle

    Concerning...Severe potential...Watch possible=20

    Valid 251856Z - 252130Z

    Probability of Watch Issuance...60 percent

    SUMMARY...The potential for severe storms capable of mainly large
    hail and damaging winds is expected to increase across the
    discussion area by 20-21Z. A localized corridor of tornado potential
    may materialize at that time in southwest Kansas into northwest OK,
    generally along and east of US 283.

    DISCUSSION...Recent trends in visible satellite indicate a deepening
    cumulus field over the central OK Panhandle, near Guymon.
    Mesoanalysis places that convection near a surface low, which is
    located along a front extending from southwest KS into the western
    Oklahoma Panhandle. That boundary delineates a hot, deeper-mixed
    boundary layer to the south across the northern TX Panhandle from a
    more moist and unstable air mass to the north in southwest KS.

    Continued daytime heating and resultant air mass destabilization
    should eventually support isolated to widely scattered, high-based=20 thunderstorms across the western 2/3rds of the OK and far northern
    TX Panhandles, near and to the immediate south of the frontal
    segment west of the surface low. The potential for strong
    evaporative cooling within the sub-cloud layer will support severe=20
    wind gusts as the primary hazard with large hail also possible.

    Additional storms are anticipated from the vicinity of the surface
    low east along the frontal segment in southwest KS and northwest OK.
    That environment features a considerably more moist/low LCL
    boundary, which coincides with a zone of enhanced low-level and
    deep-layer shear, supportive of supercell storm modes capable of
    large hail and perhaps a few tornadoes, especially along and east of
    US 283.=20=20

    Convective trends are being monitored in both regimes for a possible
    watch.

    ..Mead.. 06/25/2026

    ...Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.spc.noaa.gov__;!!DZ3fj= g!6u0d09AhiPWZWKNvXlbTT04YPoev_c2YoGZs-6i4mIX7qt7KqwoQqvve4mSUwUPzv90Jp6S02= cphE6TQnjaPa1drhMo$ for graphic product...

    ATTN...WFO...OUN...DDC...AMA...ABQ...

    LAT...LON 36780271 36930209 37940123 38129903 37669859 36759848
    35639984 35170111 35450242 35880286 36660301 36780271=20

    MOST PROBABLE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY...100-125 MPH
    MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH
    MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...1.50-2.50 IN


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