MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0535
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1222 AM CDT MON APR 20 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...E CENTRAL AND SERN AL/W CENTRAL AND NRN GA
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 175...176...
   
   VALID 200522Z - 200615Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 175...176...CONTINUES.
   
   LOCAL SEVERE/TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES AS STORMS CROSS E CENTRAL AND
   SERN AL/W CENTRAL AND NRN GA.  
   
   LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS A BROKEN NE-SW BAND OF STRONG TO
   LOCALLY-SEVERE STORMS...MOVING EWD ACROSS WW 175 AND 176.  STORMS
   HAVE UNDERGONE A WEAKENING TREND ACROSS WW 176 -- OVER E CENTRAL AL
   AND VICINITY -- AS THE MAIN UPPER FEATURE CONTINUES MOVING NEWD
   ACROSS TN/KY.  ATTM...IT APPEARS THAT WW 176 WILL NOT NEED TO BE
   REISSUED.
   
   THE THREAT MAY LINGER A BIT LONGER OVER W CENTRAL AND NRN GA...WHERE
   WW 175 IS SCHEDULED TO REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 20/07Z.  THUS WE
   WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION ACROSS THIS AREA AND
   THE ASSOCIATED POSSIBILITY OF AN ADDITIONAL WW...THOUGH INITIAL
   INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE THREAT MAY WANE SUFFICIENTLY TO PRECLUDE
   THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL WW ISSUANCE.
   
   ..GOSS.. 04/20/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...FFC...TAE...BMX...MOB...
   
   LAT...LON   31918685 32508646 33898439 34138363 32758322 32278479
               31368644 31918685