MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0540 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1133 AM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024 AREAS AFFECTED...Central to northeast KS CONCERNING...Severe potential...Tornado Watch likely VALID 271633Z - 271830Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...95 percent SUMMARY...Severe storms are expected to develop during the early to mid-afternoon along the surface front across central to northeast Kansas. TORNADOES, large hail, and DAMAGING WINDS will all be possible. DISCUSSION...16Z surface analysis placed a quasi-stationary front across central to northeast KS. A swelling CU field with embedded small CBs have initiated along the portion of the front just north of SLN to ....... more |