MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2152
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0926 PM CST TUE NOV 05 2002
AREAS AFFECTED...NRN FL...SRN AND ERN GA...AND SRN SC
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
VALID 060326Z - 060615Z
ADD SOUTH CAROLINA TO UGC
A NEW TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY FOR PORTIONS OF NRN
FL....SRN AND ERN GA...AND SRN SECTIONS OF SC.
TORNADO POTENTIAL APPEARS TO BE INCREASING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHEAST U.S. AS VIGOROUS UPPER TROUGH MOVES EWD FROM THE MS
VALLEY. WELL-DEFINED WARM SECTOR HAS PUSHED INLAND/NWD ACROSS ALL
OF NRN FL AND SERN GA LATE TONIGHT AIDED BY STRENGTHENING LOW
LEVEL FLOW IN ADVANCE OF MS VALLEY TROUGH. ALREADY VERY STRONG
LOW THROUGH MIDLEVEL WIND FIELDS ARE FCST TO INCREASE FURTHER
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS REGION COMES UNDER STRONG DIFFERENTIAL
DIVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF POWERFUL
150 KT UPPER LEVEL JET MOVING ACROSS THE OH VALLEY. LOW CAPE OF
500-1000 J/KG ...HIGH SRH NEARING 500 M2/S2...AND LOW LFC WILL
SUPPORT ISOLD TORNADOES AS LINE OF LOW-TOPPED TSTMS NOW OVER SRN
GA/NRN FL MOVE EWD OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AS WARM SECTOR
DEVELOPS NWD INTO SC THREAT SHOULD ALSO INCREASE ACROSS THIS
AREA.
..CARBIN.. 11/06/2002
33408203 32777982 30748195 29968376 30398467 31198470
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