MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0289
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0541 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NORTHEAST MS/NORTHERN AL/NORTHWEST GA AND
   MIDDLE/EASTERN TN
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 89...90...
   
   VALID 132341Z - 140045Z
   
   TORNADO WATCH 89 CONTINUES UNTIL 02Z ACROSS MIDDLE TN/EASTERN MS
   INTO NORTHERN/WESTERN AL...TORNADO WATCH 90 CONTINUES UNTIL 04Z
   ACROSS EASTERN TN. AN ADDITIONAL WATCH ISSUANCE ACROSS THE REMAINDER
   OF NORTHERN AL MAY BE NEEDED BY 00Z. THREAT FOR TORNADOES CONTINUES
   THROUGH EARLY EVENING...IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS
   LARGE HAIL.
   
   LOW/MID LEVEL MESOCYCLONES HAVE BEEN COMMON OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF
   HOURS ACROSS NORTHEAST MS/NORTHWEST AL INTO MIDDLE TN VIA VOLUMETRIC
   RADAR DATA...WITH AS MANY AS 10 REPORTS OF TORNADO AND/OR WIND
   DAMAGE AS OF 2330Z. SIMILAR SCENARIO SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT
   SEVERAL HOURS...INTO EASTERN TN/WW 90...AND NORTHEAST AL/NORTHWEST
   GA WHERE AN ADDITIONAL TORNADO WATCH COULD BE NEEDED SOON. EVEN WITH
   MODEST INSTABILITY...LOW LEVEL ROTATION/TORNADOES AND WIND DAMAGE
   WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH AREA WSR-88D VWPS INDICATIVE OF 150-200
   MS/S2 OR GREATER 0-1 KM SRH...MAXIMIZED ACROSS MIDDLE/EASTERN TN.
   
   ..GUYER.. 03/13/2006
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...MRX...FFC...OHX...BMX...HUN...MEG...JAN...
   
   35138813 36448673 36448452 36228399 35078425 34248477
   33128597 32758743 32698827 32758936 33058956 33428922