MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0377

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0377
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1121 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...SERN NEB...SRN IA...NWRN MO
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY 
   
   VALID 290421Z - 290545Z
   
   A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM SERN NEB INTO CNTRL
   MO...ORIENTED ALONG A ZONE OF ISENTROPIC LIFT WITH A SWLY LOW LEVEL
   JET. A FEW CORES APPEAR TO CONTAIN HAIL NEAR 1.00 INCH
   DIAMETER...BUT MOSTLY SMALL HAIL WILL BE LIKELY. THESE STORMS MAY
   PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT...AND COULD WEAKEN AS THEY DRIFT
   NEWD INTO SRN IA FARTHER AWAY FROM THE GREATER INSTABILITY.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 03/29/2012