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Mesoscale Discussion 426
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0426
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0704 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NORTH GA INTO EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF NC/SC
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY 
   
   VALID 101204Z - 101330Z
   
   ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND/HAIL THREAT MAY CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FEW
   HOURS MAINLY ACROSS FAR NORTHERN GA AND PERHAPS INTO THE EXTREME
   WESTERN PORTIONS OF NC/SC. A WATCH IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
   
   SMALL SCALE/75 MILE LONG MCS/BOW ECHO CONTINUES TO RACE
   EAST-NORTHEASTWARD AT AROUND 45 KT INTO NORTHWEST GA TOWARD THE I-75
   CORRIDOR AS OF 12Z. THIS MCS HAS AN UPSTREAM HISTORY OF ISOLATED
   WIND DAMAGE/HAIL...AND A SIMILAR THREAT MAY CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT
   FEW HOURS PRIMARILY ACROSS THE NORTH GA AREAS NORTH OF I-85. AIDED
   BY A MID LEVEL IMPULSE...THIS MCS IS GENERALLY BEING FED VIA AN
   INCREASINGLY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ORGANIZED
   NATURE OF THE MCS WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A CONTINUED SEVERE RISK
   IN THE SHORT TERM...ALTHOUGH A PRE-MCS TREND FOR COOLING SURFACE
   TEMPERATURES IMPLIES THAT THIS SYSTEM MAY BECOME INCREASINGLY ROOTED
   ABOVE A COOL NEAR-SURFACE LAYER. WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THE
   SEVERE THREAT WILL REMAIN FAIRLY ISOLATED THIS MORNING...A WATCH IS
   NOT CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED.
   
   ..GUYER.. 04/10/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...GSP...MRX...FFC...BMX...
   
   LAT...LON   35018499 35118404 34938296 34378303 33748436 33698586
               34358545 35018499 
   
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