MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2372
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0442 PM CST WED DEC 07 2011
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NERN NC/SERN VA
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH NEEDED SOON 
   
   VALID 072242Z - 072315Z
   
   A WW WILL BE COORDINATED SHORTLY BETWEEN THE SPC AND AFFECTED WFOS
   IN NERN NC AND SERN VA.
   
   REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY ACROSS NC/SRN VA INDICATED A LINE OF
   LOW-TOPPED SHOWERS /A FEW EMBEDDED LIGHTNING STRIKES NEAR THE NC/VA
   BORDER/ HAS BECOME BETTER DEFINED/INTENSIFIED SINCE 2155Z...
   ESPECIALLY WITH NWD EXTENT TOWARD SRN VA.  LIGHTNING DATA ALSO
   SHOWED ADDITIONAL STRIKES OVER WRN NC...IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE
   LEADING EDGE OF STRONGER ASCENT WITH THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING
   THROUGH THE SRN APPALACHIANS.  GIVEN RECENT SEVERE AND NEAR-SEVERE
   WIND GUST REPORTS OVER SRN NC...CONCERN EXISTS FOR FURTHER STORM
   INTENSIFICATION AS THE STRONGER FORCING FOR ASCENT ACROSS WRN NC
   REACHES THE ONGOING LINE OF CONVECTION AND WARM SECTOR.  GIVEN AREA
   WSR-88D VAD PROFILERS SHOWING 50-60 KT AT 0.5-1 KM AGL COMBINED WITH
   THE FORWARD SPEED OF THE LINE AT 40 KT...A THREAT FOR STRONG...
   DAMAGING WIND GUSTS EXISTS DESPITE LIMITED LIGHTNING PRODUCTION.
   
   ..PETERS.. 12/07/2011
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...AKQ...MHX...RAH...
   
   LAT...LON   37247808 37837691 37317582 36317563 35707621 35027788
               35037849 35457860 36587844 37247808