MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2111
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0244 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...S FL AND THE KEYS
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 837...
   
   VALID 181944Z - 182145Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 837 CONTINUES.
   
   THREAT FOR ISOLATED/BRIEF TORNADOES CONTINUES ACROSS S FL AND THE
   KEYS.
   
   LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS THE CENTER OF T.S. FAY JUST WEST OF KEY
   WEST FL ATTM /PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE
   NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER REGARDING THIS STORM/.  SMALL/GENERALLY
   TRANSIENT LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATIONS CONTINUE TO OCCUR WITHIN STRONGER
   UPDRAFTS...MAINLY WITHIN BANDS E AND NE OF THE CENTER OF
   CIRCULATION.  
   
   AREA VWPS CONTINUE TO REVEAL SLOWLY STRENGTHENING DEEP-LAYER WIND
   FIELD -- AS CONVECTION CONTINUES TO INCREASE INVOF THE CENTER OF
   FAY.  BOTH KEY WEST FL AND MIAMI FL VWPS NOW INDICATE 30-PLUS KT 0-1
   KM SHEAR...INCREASINGLY-SUPPORTIVE OF ISOLATED TORNADOES.
   
   ..GOSS.. 08/18/2008
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...MFL...MLB...KEY...
   
   24508165 24448199 24708205 25958164 26908091 26987997
   25757989 25048015 24578063