MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0167
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0325 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...FAR SERN/SRN IND INTO NRN KY
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 28...29...
   
   VALID 280925Z - 281030Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 28...29...CONTINUES.
   
   GREATEST THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES EXPECTED ACROSS THE
   NRN EXTENT WW 29...SPREADING FROM SRN IND INTO NRN KY.  PARTS OF
   WW/S 28 AND 29 WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO NRN KY BY
   0930Z...GIVEN FASTING MOVING LINE OF STORMS EXPECTED TO EXIT WW 29
   BY 10Z.
   
   AT 09Z...REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY SHOWED A FAST MOVING /55-60 KT/ LINE
   OF STORMS EXTENDING NNE-SSW FROM WASHINGTON INTO HARRISON COUNTIES
   IN EXTREME SRN IND.  THIS LINE...WITH BOWING TENDENCIES AT
   TIMES...HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGE ACROSS SWRN IND /REFERENCE LOCAL
   STORM REPORTS FROM WFO PAH FOR GIBSON COUNTY/.  AIR MASS IMMEDIATELY
   DOWNSTREAM OF THESE FAST MOVING STORMS REMAINS UNSEASONABLY WARM AND
   MOIST...WITH NO INHIBITION.  THUS...THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND
   TORNADOES IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST EWD INTO NRN KY EARLY THIS MORNING.
   
   FARTHER SW...RADAR IMAGERY SHOWED THE GUST FRONT HAS MOVED EWD JUST
   AHEAD OF THE TSTMS EXTENDING INTO WRN KY...THOUGH A THREAT FOR
   DAMAGING WINDS WILL PERSIST IN THE SHORT TERM...GIVEN STRENGTH OF
   LOW LEVEL WINDS /60 KT/ PER AREA VWPS.
   
   ..PETERS.. 02/28/2011
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...JKL...ILN...LMK...PAH...
   
   LAT...LON   37488800 38218653 38808527 38858324 38278401 37688498
               37478646 37448729 37488800