MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0750
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0918 PM CDT THU MAY 07 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...EAST-CENTRAL NC AND FAR SOUTHEAST VA
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 259...
   
   VALID 080218Z - 080345Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 259
   CONTINUES.
   
   SEVERE TSTM WATCH 259 CONTINUES UNTIL 05Z ACROSS EASTERN NC...WITH A
   CONTINUED BUT PROGRESSIVELY ISOLATED/MARGINAL SEVERE THREAT ACROSS
   EAST-CENTRAL NC AND FAR SOUTHEAST VA.
   
   ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG TSTMS CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS
   EAST-CENTRAL/NORTHEAST NC...WITH THE MAIN THREAT SEEMINGLY FOCUSED
   ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST NC OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS. THIS ACTIVITY IS
   BEING AIDED BY A LOW AMPLITUDE IMPULSE CROSSING VA/FAR NORTHERN NC
   THIS EVENING PER WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. IN ACCORDANCE WITH SURFACE
   MODIFIED 00Z RAOBS FROM MHX/GSO...GRADUALLY INCREASING NEAR SURFACE
   CINH/MARGINAL LAPSE RATES SHOULD CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A
   PROGRESSIVELY ISOLATED/MARGINAL SEVERE HAIL/WIND RISK THE REMAINDER
   OF THE EVENING ACROSS EASTERN NC.
   
   ..GUYER.. 05/08/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...AKQ...MHX...RAH...ILM...
   
   LAT...LON   36767662 36787602 35747613 34717772 34777906 34987996
               35857803 36767662