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Mesoscale Discussion 243
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0243
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0111 PM CST TUE MAR 05 2013
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL AND ERN AL...NWRN GA
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY 
   
   VALID 051911Z - 052115Z
   
   PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...80 PERCENT
   
   SUMMARY...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND
   ORGANIZATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY ACROSS CNTRL AL INTO WRN
   GA. DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND A COUPLE TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
   
   DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PROGRESS RAPIDLY EWD ACROSS
   AL AND SRN MS...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NWRN AND WRN GA BEFORE 00Z.
   AHEAD OF THE FRONT...EXTENSIVE CLOUDS EXISTED AS OF 19Z BUT GRADUAL
   THETA-E ADVECTION WAS OCCURRING WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 70 F AND
   DEWPOINTS RISING INTO THE MID 50S F JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
   
   STORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY GROW DEEPER WITH TIME...AS INSTABILITY
   INCREASES AND SHEAR ACTS ON THE UPDRAFTS. A FEW EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS
   MAY EVENTUALLY MATERIALIZE...WHICH MAY ENHANCE SEVERE
   WIND...HAIL...AND TORNADO POTENTIAL IN LOCALIZED SWATHS.
   
   ..JEWELL/THOMPSON.. 03/05/2013
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...MRX...FFC...BMX...HUN...MOB...
   
   LAT...LON   32788438 32128497 31948581 31988661 32118728 32428761
               32738778 33088758 33968685 34748646 34908596 35008519
               34968445 34908373 34508372 33498400 32788438 
   
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