Subj : MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 0647 To : wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu From : COD Weather Processor Date : Fri May 02 2025 16:06:06 ACUS11 KWNS 021605 SWOMCD SPC MCD 021605=20 LAZ000-TXZ000-021800- Mesoscale Discussion 0647 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1105 AM CDT Fri May 02 2025 Areas affected...central into eastern Texas and far western Louisiana Concerning...Severe potential...Severe Thunderstorm Watch likely=20 Valid 021605Z - 021800Z Probability of Watch Issuance...95 percent SUMMARY...The severe threat should increase into the afternoon hours as storms develop and become more widespread. The stronger storms may produce severe hail/wind gusts, and a couple of tornadoes cannot be ruled out. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch will eventually be needed over the next few hours. DISCUSSION...A convective outflow boundary from earlier storms continues to slowly drift southward across central TX into LA, with clearing and insolation contributing to continued boundary-layer destabilization on both sides of the boundary. While strong storms may develop from re-intensifying convection across northern TX, the most likely location for the development of robust severe storms will be along the outflow boundary, as well as with convection that has already initiated in the warm sector across southeast TX. 7-8 C/km mid-level lapse rates are overspreading a moist boundary layer, characterized by 70+ F surface dewpoints, contributing to 3000+ J/kg MLCAPE. As the mid-level trough over the Plains states undergoes amplification this afternoon, and is overspread by 80+ kts of 300 mb westerly flow from an approaching sub-tropical jet stream, deep-layer shear should increase, supporting well over 40 kts of effective bulk shear. When considering the strong instability in place, several supercells should develop, accompanied by a severe wind and hail threat. Multiple instances of 2+ inch diameter hail are possible given the expected increase of strong mid to upper-level shear, and a couple of tornadoes cannot be ruled out, especially with any dominant supercell structures interacting with mesoscale boundaries. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch will be needed in the next few hours to address the impending severe threat. ...Squitieri/Hart.. 05/02/2025 ....Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.spc.noaa.gov__;!!DZ3fj= g!7BQiwjoCbslpykoIGeHjKvxIGivIY3tvAdEjHIx4sjxmvZgqf8U7DdKQkI1gKBdDc-fphIEKi= 3ePAdg3dyZcQ84EvYk$ for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...LCH...SHV...HGX...FWD...CRP...EWX...SJT... LAT...LON 29620146 31049884 32129670 32819462 32859403 32579359 32329347 31499349 30679358 30079390 29669431 29509474 29169621 28769789 28639937 28620012 28690048 28870068 29110088 29300115 29620146=20 MOST PROBABLE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY...85-115 MPH MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...65-80 MPH MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...2.00-3.50 IN =3D =3D =3D To unsubscribe from WX-STORM and you already have a login, go to https://lists.illinois.edu and use the "Unsubscribe" link. Otherwise email Chris Novy at cnovy@cox.net and ask to be removed from WX-STORM. --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .