MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0374
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0435 PM CDT THU APR 02 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL/EASTERN KY INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA/SOUTHWEST
   OH
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY 
   
   VALID 022135Z - 022300Z
   
   DOWNSTREAM OF TORNADO WATCH 109...A NEW WATCH MAY BE NEEDED WITHIN
   THE HOUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL/EASTERN KY AND SOUTHERN
   INDIANA/SOUTHWEST OH.
   
   EVOLVING/INCREASINGLY EXTENSIVE NORTH-SOUTH QLCS...WITH LEADING
   QUASI-DISCRETE CORES...CONTINUES TO EXPAND EAST-NORTHEASTWARD FROM
   ALONG THE SOUTHEAST IL/SOUTHWEST INDIANA BORDER INTO MIDDLE TN AS OF
   2130Z. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A RECENT TENDENCY FOR DEEPENING STORMS
   ACROSS NORTHEAST KY WHERE STRONGER INSOLATION HAS RESULTED IN LITTLE
   CINH AHEAD OF THE UPSTREAM QLCS. EVEN WITH RELATIVELY MODEST
   INSTABILITY AND SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S F...STEEP LOW-MID LAPSE
   RATE ENVIRONMENT AND AMPLE DEEP LAYER FLOW/MARKED LOW LEVEL BACKING
   WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR WELL-ORGANIZED/ROTATING STORMS CAPABLE OF
   HAIL/WIND AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. IT APPEARS AN ADDITIONAL WATCH
   WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED WITHIN THE HOUR.
   
   ..GUYER.. 04/02/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...JKL...ILN...LMK...OHX...IND...PAH...
   
   LAT...LON   38548752 39388636 39228402 38088327 36988394 36228562
               37538665 38548752