MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0353
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0634 PM CST TUE MAR 04 2008
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...WV...MD PANHANDLE...EXTREME SRN PA
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 97...99...
   
   VALID 050034Z - 050130Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
   97...99...CONTINUES.
   
   DURING THE LAST HOUR OR SO CONVECTION HAS INTENSIFIED ALONG COLD
   FRONT ACROSS WV.  THIS ACTIVITY HAS EVOLVED INTO A WELL DEFINED
   SQUALL LINE IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF DEEPENING SFC LOW POSITIONED ALONG
   THE OH/WV BORDER...JUST SOUTH OF PKB.  ALTHOUGH AIRMASS IS ONLY
   WEAKLY UNSTABLE SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT...VERY STRONG AND FOCUSED
   ASCENT WILL AID THIS ACTIVITY AS IT SPREADS NEWD ACROSS THE
   REMAINDER OF WV INTO THE MD PANHANDLE AND POSSIBLY SRN PA.  LATEST
   SPEED/MOVEMENT SUGGESTS NRN PORTIONS OF THE SQUALL LINE...WHERE
   LARGE SCALE BOWING IS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP...WILL RACE NEWD AT
   40-45KT.  THERE IS SOME CONCERN LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL
   ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY CREST THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS.
   
   ..DARROW.. 03/05/2008
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...CTP...LWX...RNK...PBZ...RLX...
   
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