MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1880
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0101 PM CDT WED AUG 04 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...SRN IN / PARTS OF NRN AND WRN KY / SRN WV
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL 
   
   VALID 041801Z - 041930Z
   
   THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS SRN IN / NRN AND WRN KY.
    WW WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED IN THE NEXT HOUR FOR INCREASING THREAT
   FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS / HAIL.
   
   AIRMASS CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE ACROSS WRN KY INTO SRN IN...WHERE
   MEAN-LAYER CAPE AROUND 1000 J/KG IS INDICATED. STORMS CONTINUE TO
   INCREASE ACROSS THIS REGION ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM ERN OH / WRN
   PA STORM CLUSTER / AHEAD OF WEAK MID-LEVEL SHORT-WAVE TROUGH.  
   
   ALTHOUGH DEEP-LAYER WIND FIELD IS SOMEWHAT WEAKER THAN FURTHER N
   INTO OH...MODERATE / NEARLY UNIDIRECTIONAL LOW- TO MID-LEVEL FLOW
   COMBINED WITH MOIST / DESTABILIZING AIRMASS SHOULD SUPPORT A
   INCREASING THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS / HAIL.
   
   ..GOSS.. 08/04/2004
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...RLX...JKL...ILN...LMK...IND...PAH...
   
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