MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0293
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0300 PM CDT THU APR 08 2010
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL AND ERN GA THROUGH WRN SC
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY 
   
   VALID 082000Z - 082200Z
   
   STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEWD THROUGH CNTRL AND ERN GA AND
   EVENTUALLY INTO WRN SC THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE
   ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES. WW WILL LIKELY
   BE NEEDED SOON.
   
   A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE SRN APPALACHIANS SWWD THROUGH NRN GA
   INTO SERN AL. SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW 60S HAVE ADVECTED NEWD
   THROUGH THE PRE-FRONTAL WARM SECTOR...BUT WIDESPREAD CLOUDS AND
   MODEST LAPSE RATES ARE LIMITING MLCAPE TO UNDER 1000 J/KG. STORMS
   WILL LIKELY CONTINUE DEVELOPING ALONG FRONT AND PRE-FRONTAL WARM
   CONVEYOR BELT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. STRONG MID-UPPER FLOW
   WILL PERSIST DOWNSTREAM FROM UPPER TROUGH...AND HODOGRAPHS IN WARM
   SECTOR WILL BE MAXIMIZED ALONG NEWD MIGRATING LOW LEVEL JET.
   ORGANIZED STORMS INCLUDING LINEAR BOWING SEGMENTS AND SUPERCELLS
   WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. THE THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT IS NOT
   OPTIMAL...BUT WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENT FOR A THREAT OF ISOLATED
   DAMAGING WIND AND ISOLATED TORNADOES GIVEN FAVORABLE VERTICAL SHEAR.
   
   ..DIAL.. 04/08/2010
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...CAE...GSP...FFC...
   
   LAT...LON   33458203 32148260 31888378 32228452 33298392 34258305
               34278195 33458203