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Mesoscale Discussion 463
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0463
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0432 AM CDT MON APR 13 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...FAR SOUTHEAST MS/SOUTHERN AL/FL PANHANDLE/SOUTHWEST
   GA
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 148...
   
   VALID 130932Z - 131030Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 148 CONTINUES.
   
   TORNADO WATCH 148 CONTINUES UNTIL 15Z...WITH A CONTINUED RISK FOR
   ISOLATED TORNADOES/DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
   
   PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT CONTINUES FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST MS/SOUTHERN
   AL INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE FL PANHANDLE EARLY THIS
   MORNING...ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF A SQUALL LINE INDUCED COMPOSITE
   OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...AS SMALL SCALE BOWS CONTINUE TO MOVE
   EAST-NORTHEAST ALONG THE BROADER LINE. WHILE FAVORABLE WIND PROFILES
   WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A RISK OF SMALL SCALE BOWS/EMBEDDED
   SUPERCELLS ACROSS THE VALID PORTION OF WW 148...THE RELATIVELY
   GREATEST TORNADO/DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL MAY BE FOCUSED ALONG THE
   AL/FL BORDER VICINITY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...SUCH AS THE STORM
   ACROSS BALDWIN/ESCAMBIA COUNTIES AS OF 0930Z. WITHIN THIS
   CORRIDOR...A RATHER MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE IN PROXIMITY
   TO A SURFACE WARM FRONT...WITH SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS CONTRIBUTING
   TO BACKED SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW AND RATHER FAVORABLE WIND PROFILES PER
   THE ELGIN AFB WSR-88D VWP.
   
   ..GUYER.. 04/13/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...FFC...TAE...BMX...MOB...LIX...
   
   LAT...LON   30498890 31488756 32498480 32158451 31138527 30258641
               30498890 
   
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