AWUS01 KWNH 180618
FFGMPD
MOZ000-ARZ000-OKZ000-KSZ000-181115-
Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 0476
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
217 AM EDT Wed Jun 18 2025
Areas affected...much of OK into adjacent portions of far
southeast KS, southwest MO, and northwest AR
Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding possible
Valid 180615Z - 181115Z
Summary...Backbuilding convection may continue to train from
west-to-east with localized hourly accumulations of 1.5-2.5".
Isolated to scattered instances of flash flooding are possible.
Discussion...A mature mesoscale convective system (MCS) with an
impressive bow echo has made rapid eastward progress across
northern OK over the past several hours, and more recently (over
the past couple of hours) elevated convection rapidly initiated
and proliferated in the vicinity of the rear inflow jet (RIJ). The
west-east orientation of the elevated convection neatly resembles
a "bow and arrow" mesoscale convective structure, as a strong
low-level jet (LLJ) from the south is resulting in strong moisture transport/isentropic upglide (most prominently around the 925 mb
isobaric surface and the 305K isentropic surface) over prominent
cold pool resulting from the MCS (and aided by low-level
frontogenesis with the close proximity of a front). The "bow and
arrow" conceptual model favors an increasing flash flood threat,
given the tendency with the lagging "arrow" convection to train
from west-to-east (as convection is nearly parallel to both the
850-300 mb mean flow, as well as the forward propagating Corfidi
vectors). Should convection continue to backbuild, this could
present a significant flash flood risk (with training cells
producing localized hourly accumulations of 1.5-2.5", per MRMS
estimates). Over the past hour or so, trailing convection has
started to show a tendency of southward propagation (upwind into
the LLJ, matching the associated Corfidi vectors quite closely),
which may limit the flash flood threat somewhat (though this will
eventually bring the trailing convection into the more populated
OKC metro, additional backbuilding and a cessation of upwind
propagation could ultimately be more problematic with regard to
impactful flash flooding). In addition, convection may locally
have a tendency to train along the north bookend vortex of the bow
(near the OK/KS/MO border region), which has recently result in
hourly totals to 2.0".
Hi-res models have underestimated the intensity and scale of the
backbuilding convection (as they tend to do with convection that
is elevated in nature) across the 00z HREF suite, and hourly runs
of the HRRR and experimental RRFS have not done much better. The
HREF PMM QPF indicates the potential for localized 2-4" over
east-central OK, and it seems reasonable to shift these totals and
resulting post-processed exceedance probabilities (15-25% for 3"
exceedance per 40-km neighborhood method) westward (based on the
aforementioned observational trends). Convection may continue to
backbuild for longer than expected in this environment with a
large reservoir of 2000-3000 J/kg of MUCAPE (max 2-6 km AGL layer
lapse rates of 8.0-8.5 degC/km) and impressive deep layer (0-6 km)
shear of 40-50 kts. Precipitable water values are indicated to be
1.7-2.0 inches (near the max moving average/record levels, per OUN
sounding climatology). Isolated to scattered instances of flash
flooding are considered possible (and may locally be significant,
particularly if storms backbuild and train across the more
populated core of central OK).
Churchill
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LAT...LON 37739456 37259388 36609363 35939372 35149440=20
34859536 34809712 35059853 35919931 36329939=20
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