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Mesoscale Discussion 437
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0437
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0511 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF WRN/CNTRL SC...NERN/CNTRL GA
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 134...
   
   VALID 102211Z - 102315Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 134 CONTINUES.
   
   A NEW TORNADO WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED PRIOR TO 23Z DOWNSTREAM OF
   WW 134 ACROSS PORTIONS OF WRN/CNTRL SC AND NERN/CNTRL GA.
   
   DISCRETE SUPERCELLS HAVE RECENTLY DEVELOPED OUT AHEAD OF PRIMARY
   AXIS OF SUPERCELL CLUSTERS STRETCHING FROM NRN/CNTRL AL INTO NWRN
   GA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL PROGRESS EWD DOWNSTREAM OF WW 134 INTO EARLY
   EVENING. ALTHOUGH SURFACE DEW POINTS ARE MODEST /UPPER 40S TO MIDDLE
   50S/ ACROSS E-CNTRL GA INTO CNTRL SC...STRENGTHENING SWLY LOW-LEVEL
   FLOW WILL RESULT IN MOISTENING WITH DEW POINTS LIKELY RISING INTO
   THE MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S. THIS WILL LEAD TO INCREASING
   DESTABILIZATION AND EXPECTED MAINTENENCE OF SUPERCELLS AND
   ASSOCIATED SEVERE WEATHER THREATS GIVEN FAVORABLY LARGE LOWER-LEVEL
   HODOGRAPHS. ENHANCED TORNADIC POTENTIAL SHOULD EXIST WITH SUSTAINED
   DISCRETE SUPERCELLS ALONG WITH ANY TSTMS EVOLVING INVOF RESIDUAL
   OUTFLOW BOUNDARY DRAPED FROM NEAR AND TO SOP AS OF 22Z.
   
   ..GRAMS.. 04/10/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...CAE...GSP...FFC...
   
   LAT...LON   35068290 35318185 35288114 35078066 34278119 33078216
               32638266 32468332 32398390 32678439 33518396 34528337
               35068290 
   
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