MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0552
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0516 AM CDT FRI APR 04 2008
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NORTHERN MS/NORTHERN AL AND MIDDLE TN INTO EASTERN
   KY
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 161...
   
   VALID 041016Z - 041145Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 161
   CONTINUES.
   
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 161 CONTINUES UNTIL 16Z FOR PORTIONS OF
   NORTHERN MS/NORTHERN AL AND MIDDLE TN...WITH A CONTINUED RISK FOR
   ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS/HAIL. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT WILL
   EXIST AS FAR NORTHEAST AS EASTERN KY...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY AS
   WELL.
   
   WELL ORGANIZED STRONG/OCCASIONALLY SEVERE LINEAR MCS CONTINUES TO
   QUICKLY ADVANCE EASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN KY/MIDDLE TN/NORTHERN MS AS
   OF 1015Z. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY WANES/INHIBITION INCREASES WITH
   NORTHEAST EXTENT ACROSS MIDDLE TN/EASTERN KY EAST OF A WARM
   FRONT...THE QUICK MOVEMENT OF THE LINE AND STRONG WIND FIELDS IN THE
   LOW/MID TROPOSPHERE WILL FAVOR SOME RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
   THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THIS WOULD ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE
   WITH ANY DISTINCT BOWING SEGMENTS. THE OKOLONA MS PROFILER AND
   WSR-88D VWP FROM NASHVILLE BOTH FEATURE 50 KT AT 1 KM OR BELOW.
   
   ..GUYER.. 04/04/2008
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...MRX...JKL...LMK...OHX...BMX...HUN...MEG...
   
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