Posted by JAC on 3/8/2009, 7:36 am, in reply to "Some Rough Weather for Midwest Today"

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0205 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0556 AM CDT SUN MAR 08 2009 AREAS AFFECTED...MO CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE VALID 081056Z - 081200Z THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY ALONG SURGING COLD FRONT AS IT SWEEPS ACROSS MO THIS MORNING. STRONG WINDS AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS ACTIVITY. STRONG...FOCUSED HEIGHT FALLS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY REGION AHEAD OF SHARP UPPER TROUGH. THIS FEATURE APPEARS PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR RECENT UPWARD GROWTH IN CONVECTION ALONG COLD FRONT ALONG THE KS/MO BORDER. LINEAR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SHOULD ORGANIZE AND SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF CNTRL MO LATER THIS MORNING PRIOR TO FRONTAL PASSAGE. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH SOME HAIL. ..DARROW.. 03/08/2009