MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0089
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0322 PM CST THU FEB 05 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...SERN LA...SRN MS...WRN AL
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 6...
   
   VALID 052122Z - 052315Z
   
   SERIAL ECHOES/SUPERCELLS HAVE BEEN INCREASING FROM THE LA GULF COAST
   INLAND TO IBERVILLE PARISH...THEN NEWD TO JEFFERSON DAVIS AND MARION
   COUNTIES OF SCNTRL MS OVER THE PAST HALF HOUR. THIS ACTIVITY HAS
   SHOWN A TENDENCY TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED INTO SHORT LINE SEGMENTS
    TRACKING NEWD AT 45-50KT. SURFACE OBS AND AREA RADARS APPEAR TO
   SUGGEST THAT STORM UPDRAFTS MAY BE STRENGTHENING IMMEDIATELY WEST OF
   THE SURFACE WIND SHIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTENSE FRONTAL ZONE
   MAKING SLOW EWD PROGRESS. PREFRONTAL/INFLOW AIRMASS REMAINS MODESTLY
   UNSTABLE AND VERY MOIST WITH STRONG SHEAR...HELICITY...AND HIGH
   BOUNDARY LAYER RH PERSISTING ACROSS THE WARM SECTOR. THUS...TORNADO
   AND WIND DAMAGE THREAT SHOULD PERSIST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH
   THE LATE AFTERNOON.
   
   ..CARBIN.. 02/05/2004
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...BMX...MOB...JAN...LIX...LCH...
   
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