record is 148 in the superoutbreak in 1973...last sat there were 86 in the same areas
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0982 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0827 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004 AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTH CENTRAL/SERN KS...NCNTRL/CNTRL OK CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 322... VALID 300127Z - 300230Z ...TORNADO WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED DOWNSTREAM ACROSS PORTIONS OF SERN KS/NERN OK... ISOLATED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS CONTINUE ACROSS THE WW. THE NRN MOST TORNADIC STORM IS LOCATED OVER SUMNER COUNTY KS...THE OTHER APPROACHING THE NWRN PORTIONS OF THE OKC METRO AREA. THESE STORMS INITIATED OFF THE DRY LINE AND HAVE YET TO WEAKEN AS THEY APPROACH THE I-35 CORRIDOR. ALTHOUGH THE 00Z SOUNDING FROM OUN INDICATES A SIGNIFICANT CAP...IT APPEARS THE STRENGTHENING LLJ AND STORM SCALE PROCESSES MAY ALLOW ACTIVITY TO SPREAD INTO SERN KS/NERN OK. TORNADO WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED DOWNSTREAM. ..DARROW.. 05/30/2004 ATTN...WFO...TSA...TOP...ICT...OUN... 35569826 38419733 38559566 37189563 35289635I have a crude translator (since the NWS SPC uses so many acronyms that a speech engine doesn't recognize) that I run these NDs through when running the MesoTalker - here's a translation:
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0982
0827 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004
Areas affected, SOUTH CENTRAL South eastern Kansas North central Central Oklahoma
Concerning, TORNADO WATCH 322
VALID 300127 Zulu to 300230 Zulu
TORNADO WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED DOWNSTREAM ACROSS PORTIONS OF South eastern
Kansas Northeastern Oklahoma
ISOLATED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS CONTINUE ACROSS THE Weather watch. THE Northern MOST
TORNADIC STORM IS LOCATED OVER SUMNER COUNTY Kansas THE OTHER
APPROACHING THE North western PORTIONS OF THE Oklahoma City METRO AREA. THESE STORMS
INITIATED OFF THE DRY LINE AND HAVE YET TO WEAKEN AS THEY APPROACH
THE Interstate 35 CORRIDOR. ALTHOUGH THE 00 Zulu SOUNDING FROM Norman oklahoma INDICATES A
SIGNIFICANT CAP IT APPEARS THE STRENGTHENING Low Level Jet AND STORM SCALE
PROCESSES MAY ALLOW ACTIVITY TO SPREAD INTO South eastern Kansas Northeastern Oklahoma.
TORNADO WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED DOWNSTREAM.
DARROW 05 30 2004