MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0231
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1145 AM CST SAT MAR 03 2012
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NRN FL...SE GA
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 68...
   
   VALID 031745Z - 031845Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 68 CONTINUES.
   
   A NEW WW REPLACING WW 68 LIKELY WILL BE ISSUED SOON.
   
   WITH A SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE IMPULSE STILL DIGGING UPSTREAM...
   TOWARD THE WESTERN/CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION...THE COMPOSITE
   NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST ORIENTED SURFACE FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS
   EXPECTED TO ONLY SLOWLY ADVANCE SOUTHWARD THROUGH NORTHERN FLORIDA
   THIS AFTERNOON.  THE BULK OF THE VIGOROUS CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT
   LIKELY WILL REMAIN ALONG AND TO THE IMMEDIATE NORTH OF THIS
   BOUNDARY...WHERE PERSISTENT/TRAINING ACTIVITY COULD YIELD LOCALLY
   EXCESSIVE RAIN TOTALS.  HOWEVER...INHIBITION IS GRADUALLY WEAKENING
   TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH OF THE FRONT...DUE TO CONTINUED SURFACE
   HEATING AND WEAK COOLING ALOFT.  COUPLED WITH LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH
   WARM ADVECTION...DISCRETE STORM DEVELOPMENT APPEARS IMMINENT AROUND
   THE JACKSONVILLE AREA.  DEEP LAYER AND LOW-LEVEL SHEAR REMAINS
   FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR
   TWO...ALONG WITH LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...PERHAPS SOME HAIL.
   
   ..KERR.. 03/03/2012
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...MLB...TBW...JAX...TAE...
   
   LAT...LON   30348527 30698411 31058329 31398192 31248156 30648145
               29428118 29138164 29278221 29458252 29978349 29648457
               29938522 30348527