MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0101
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0129 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...THE NERN QUARTER OF AL/NRN GA AND VICINITY...
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 17...
   
   VALID 111929Z - 112130Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 17 CONTINUES.
   
   SEVERE/ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES.
   
   LATEST RADAR LOOP SHOWS SEVERAL BANDS LOW-TOPPED CONVECTION MOVING
   RAPIDLY EWD AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING SURFACE FRONT.  WHILE INSTABILITY
   REMAINS BASICALLY NIL...STRENGTH OF THE LARGE-SCALE FORCING WILL
   CONTINUE TO SUPPORT FORCED/RELATIVELY INTENSE CONVECTION.  
   
   WITH WIND FIELD THROUGH A DEEP LAYER WELL IN EXCESS OF 60 TO 80
   KT...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE.  WITH THE CONVECTION
   PROGRESSING ENEWD AT ROUGHLY 50 MPH...STORMS SHOULD BEGIN AFFECTING
   AREAS E OF THE CURRENT WATCH IN THE NEXT 1 1/2 TO 2 HOURS -- WHICH
   SHOULD EVENTUALLY REQUIRE NEW WW ISSUANCE.
   
   ..GOSS.. 02/11/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...GSP...MRX...FFC...OHX...BMX...HUN...
   
   LAT...LON   32798713 33238730 35218626 35418258 34248282 32868398
               32798713