MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0156
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1036 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...MUCH OF AR/SERN MO/SRN IL
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 33...34...35...
   
   VALID 270436Z - 270630Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
   33...34...35...CONTINUES.
   
   SEVERE THREAT CONTINUES -- PARTICULARLY ACROSS WW 33 ATTM.
   
   A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS CONTINUES MOVING
   EWD/ESEWD ACROSS SERN MO/AR AND INTO SRN IL ATTM...AHEAD OF
   STEADILY-ADVANCING SURFACE COLD FRONT.
   
   STORMS HAVE VACATED ALL BUT THE FAR SERN PORTIONS OF WW 32...AND
   CONTINUE SHIFTING EWD ACROSS FAR SERN MO/SRN IL.  MEANWHILE...THE
   STRONGEST THE STORMS REMAIN OVER AR ATTM...INCLUDING A COUPLE OF
   SUPERCELLS NOW CROSSING CENTRAL AR/THE GENERAL LITTLE ROCK AREA. 
   ATTM..IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST SEVERE POTENTIAL -- PRIMARILY IN
   THE FORM OF HAIL -- OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WILL REMAIN ACROSS
   CENTRAL AND SRN AR...WHERE AIRMASS REMAINS A BIT MORE UNSTABLE.
   
   ..GOSS.. 02/27/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...PAH...MEG...JAN...LSX...LZK...SGF...SHV...
   
   LAT...LON   33669458 34479418 35159312 36029273 38199021 38268952
               37338925 36178953 33359161 33669458