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Mesoscale Discussion 145
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0145
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0605 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...WRN FL PANHANDLE...S CENTRAL AND SE AL
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 33...
   
   VALID 110005Z - 110130Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 33 CONTINUES.
   
   SUMMARY...MATURE SUPERCELLS MAY SURVIVE EWD INTO THE WEAK
   INSTABILITY ENVIRONMENT IN AL/WRN FL PANHANDLE WHERE SOME SLOW
   MOISTENING IS OCCURRING.  THE ISOLD TORNADO THREAT E OF WW 32 WILL
   BE COVERED BY LOCAL WATCH EXTENSIONS FROM BHM AND MOB.
   
   DISCUSSION...A BROKEN BAND OF SUPERCELLS CONTINUES TO STREAM
   ENEWD/EWD FROM SE MS INTO SW AL THIS EVENING.  THE MAJORITY OF THE
   STORMS HAVE BEEN FORMING AND MATURING UPSTREAM ACROSS SRN MS...IN
   PROXIMITY TO THE WARMER BOUNDARY LAYER AND RICHER MOISTURE ALONG AND
   IMMEDIATELY S OF THE MARINE WARM FRONT.  THOUGH BUOYANCY WEAKENS
   WITH EWD EXTENT ACROSS AL...VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES REMAIN QUITE
   FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITH 0-1 KM SRH NEAR 400 M2/S2 AND 0-6 KM
   BULK SHEAR NEAR 60 KT IN A MOIST ENVIRONMENT.  GIVEN THE ORGANIZED
   STORM STRUCTURES AND SOME WEAK DESTABILIZATION ACROSS THE WRN FL
   PANHANDLE AND S CENTRAL/SE AL THIS EVENING...WILL COVER THE ISOLD
   TORNADO AND DAMAGING GUST THREAT WITH LOCAL WATCH EXTENSIONS ISSUED
   BY BHM AND MOB.  OTHERWISE...WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AREAS TOWARD
   SW GA AND FAR SE AL THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT FOR SOME INCREASE IN
   SEVERE THREAT...THOUGH THE MORE LIMITED MOISTURE AND BUOYANCY THIS
   FAR E MAKE THE SEVERE THREAT SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN.
   
   ..THOMPSON/KERR.. 02/11/2013
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...TAE...BMX...MOB...
   
   LAT...LON   30648730 30908759 31288742 31738702 32278584 32268542
               31998512 31748522 31498609 30718669 30648730 
   
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