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Mesoscale Discussion 1073
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1073
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0234 PM CDT TUE JUN 05 2012
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...MUCH OF SOUTHERN GA/FAR NORTH FL
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 358...
   
   VALID 051934Z - 052100Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 358
   CONTINUES.
   
   SUMMARY...SEVERE TSTM WATCH 358 CONTINUES UNTIL 01Z...WITH THE MAIN
   SEVERE THREAT CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST GA. PRIMARY
   HAZARDS REMAIN DAMAGING WINDS/SEVERE HAIL.
   
   DISCUSSION...STRONG/SEVERE TSTMS HAVE BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE
   PAST FEW HOURS /SINCE 18Z/...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
   SOUTH-CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST GA IN VICINITY OF A SOUTHWARD SAGGING
   FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WHILE SOME INITIAL SUPERCELLS OCCURRED/PRODUCED
   LARGE HAIL...CONSIDERABLE CELL MERGERS/CONSOLIDATION NEAR THE
   EFFECTIVE FRONTAL ZONE SHOULD CONTINUE TO LEAD TO A DEGREE OF
   UPSCALE GROWTH WITH MORE OF A DAMAGING WIND THREAT /VS LARGE HAIL/.
   MULTIPLE QUASI-LINEAR/BOWING COMPLEXES...NORTH/SOUTH OF THE MACON
   AREA AND AROUND THE I-75 CORRIDOR AS OF 1930Z...WILL CONTINUE TO
   POSE A SHORT-TERM SEVERE /MAINLY WIND/ THREAT...BUT OTHERWISE ARE
   LIKELY TO ULTIMATELY WEAKEN AS THEY SPREAD EASTWARD AND ENCOUNTER A
   MORE STABLE AIRMASS TO THE NORTH OF THE OUTFLOW REINFORCED EFFECTIVE
   BOUNDARY. THE MOST INTENSE STORM DEVELOPMENT/REGENERATION SHOULD
   CONTINUE TO OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST GA IN A
   PROGRESSIVELY-SOUTHWARD FASHION IN VICINITY OF THE WNW-ESE ORIENTED
   EFFECTIVE FRONTAL ZONE.
   
   FARTHER SOUTH...AIDED BY SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES...ADDITIONAL
   STRONG/SEVERE TSTMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ON AN MORE ISOLATED BASIS
   ACROSS FAR NORTH FL/FL PANHANDLE WITHIN A MORE MARGINAL
   THERMODYNAMIC/VERTICAL SHEAR ENVIRONMENT.
   
   ..GUYER.. 06/05/2012
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...CHS...JAX...FFC...TAE...MOB...
   
   LAT...LON   30928709 31078570 31548457 33428436 32878318 32498235
               32058165 31778090 30978118 29948159 30108288 30328458
               30538717 30928709 
   
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