MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0219
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1018 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF SRN IND/SWRN OH/CENTRAL-ERN KY
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 55...57...
   
   VALID 100418Z - 100515Z
   
   STRONG DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL KY/SRN IND AND
   SPREADING ENEWD INTO ERN KY/SWRN OH BY 05Z.
   
   DESPITE DRAMATIC DECREASE IN LIGHTNING WITH FAST MOVING BOW ECHO...
   STRONG LOW-MID LEVEL DRYING EVIDENT ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SPREADING
   ENEWD ACROSS THE OH VALLEY JUST WEST OF THE LOW-TOPPED BOW ECHO WILL
   CONTINUE TO SUPPORT DAMAGING WIND THREAT.  STRONGEST PART OF BOW
   ECHO WAS MOVING ENEWD AT AROUND 60 KT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KY ATTM.
   AREA VAD WIND DATA INDICATED 50-60 KT WLY FLOW EXTENDING INTO THE
   LOWER-TROPOSPHERE /JUST OFF THE SURFACE/.  EVAPORATIVE COOLING IN
   THE WAKE OF THE BOW ECHO WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT DOWNWARD TRANSFER
   OF THE STRONGER WINDS TO THE SURFACE...MAINTAINING FAST MOVEMENT OF
   BOW AND SUBSEQUENT THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   ..PETERS.. 03/10/2006
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...RLX...MRX...JKL...ILN...LMK...OHX...IND...
   
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