MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1419
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0106 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NRN GA...WESTERN SC...WESTERN NC
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE 
   
   VALID 161806Z - 161930Z
   
   THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO FORM ON HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN NC
   INTO NORTH GA.  ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED.  THIS AREA WILL
   BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE WW.
   
   VISIBLE SATELLITE AND RADAR DATA SUGGEST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
   HAVE BEGUN TO FORM OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NC INTO NORTHEAST
   GA.  TEMPERATURES IN THIS REGION HAVE WARMED INTO THE UPPER
   80S...YIELDING STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND MLCAPE VALUES OVER
   1500 J/KG.  FORECAST SOUNDINGS IN THIS REGION SHOW RATHER COOL MID
   LEVEL TEMPERATURES AS WELL /-9 AT 500MB/ AND SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER
   VERTICAL SHEAR FOR SOME CONVECTIVE ORGANIZATION.  MULTICELL CLUSTERS
   ARE LIKELY TO EVOLVE THIS AFTERNOON...SPREADING SOUTHEASTWARD INTO
   PARTS OF SC/GA.  INITIAL STORMS WILL POSE A THREAT OF HAIL AND GUSTY
   WINDS.  HOWEVER...IF SUFFICIENT NUMBERS OF STORMS CAN BECOME
   ESTABLISHED...SOME POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A MORE ORGANIZED WIND DAMAGE
   THREAT LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  THIS REGION WILL BE MONITORED FOR
   UPSCALE ORGANIZATION AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A WW.
   
   ..HART.. 06/16/2008
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...RNK...CAE...GSP...MRX...FFC...
   
   34828463 35828266 36008122 34898070 33968231 33518413
   33998494