MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0542 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0115 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024 AREAS AFFECTED...much of western Kansas into southeast Colorado CONCERNING...Severe potential...Watch possible VALID 271815Z - 272045Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...40 percent SUMMARY...A few severe storms may develop this afternoon near the front from southeast Colorado into parts of western Kansas, with large hail the primary threat. DISCUSSION...Surface analysis shows low pressure over southwest KS, with a dryline near the OK/TX Panhandle border. A prominent surface front stretches from southeast CO across west-central KS, with a few storms already near the ....... more |