MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0098
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0315 AM CST FRI JAN 14 2005
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...DC...DE...SRN MD...CNTRL/ERN VA AND ADJACENT
   COASTAL WATERS
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 16...
   
   VALID 140915Z - 141045Z
   
   TORNADO AND DAMAGING WIND THREATS CONTINUE.
   
   09Z MESOANALYSIS PLACES A MESOLOW BETWEEN KLYH-KCHO.  BACKED WINDS
   INVOF THIS FEATURE HAVE AUGMENTED THE LOW-LEVEL WIND PROFILE WITH
   EXTREME VALUES OF 0-1KM SRH...IN EXCESS OF 600 M2/S2.  THERE HAVE
   BEEN SEVERAL EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS AND REPORTS OF DAMAGE ACROSS CNTRL
   VA THIS MORNING.  THE LINE OF CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD
   INTO ERN PORTIONS OF THE WW THROUGH 12Z WITH A NARROW BAND OF
   WEAK...BUT POSITIVE BUOYANCY IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF THE LINE. 
   LOW-LEVEL WIND FIELDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES FOR
   SEVERAL MORE HOURS AS ANOTHER MESOLOW APPEARS TO BE FORMING OVER
   SCNTRL NC.  THIS FEATURE WILL TRANSLATE INTO SERN VA LATER THIS
   MORNING.
   
   ..RACY.. 01/14/2005
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...PHI...AKQ...LWX...RNK...
   
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