MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0408
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0933 AM CDT MON APR 06 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...SERN VA/CENTRAL AND ERN NC/NERN SC
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 121...122...
   
   VALID 061433Z - 061530Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 121...122...CONTINUES.
   
   ENVIRONMENT VERY FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOGENESIS THIS MORNING FROM SERN
   VA SWD THROUGH ERN HALF OF NC TO NERN SC.
   
   REGIONAL RADARS INDICATED SEVERAL DISCRETE SUPERCELLS EXTENDING FROM
   SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY VA TO COLUMBUS COUNTY NC.  THIS ACTIVITY IS
   LOCATED AHEAD OF A PROGRESSIVE COLD FRONT AND WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT
   CONDUCIVE FOR TORNADOES GIVEN MODERATE INSTABILITY /MLCAPE AROUND
   1000 J/KG/...EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR /50-70 KT/...AND 0-1 KM SHEAR 30
   KT.  THE THREAT FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WW/S
   121 AND 122 UNTIL THE COLD FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE.  CURRENT TRENDS
   SUGGEST THE FRONT SHOULD CLEAR MUCH OF ERN SC BY 17Z...AND CONTINUE
   TO MOVE THROUGH ERN NC/SERN VA INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
   
   ..PETERS.. 04/06/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...AKQ...MHX...LWX...RAH...ILM...CHS...
   
   LAT...LON   32198006 32938040 34047958 35657891 36707814 38247736
               38017643 37957493 37797403 36297539 35107511 34277632
               33907735 33507767 32747896 32198006