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Mesoscale Discussion 711
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0711
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0335 PM CDT TUE MAY 05 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...SERN GA THROUGH THE ERN CAROLINAS
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 244...
   
   VALID 052035Z - 052130Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 244
   CONTINUES.
   
   THREAT FOR ISOLATED HAIL AS WELL AS A TORNADO OR TWO MAY CONTINUE
   FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO ACROSS ERN NC. FARTHER SOUTH...THREAT FOR
   MAINLY ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL CONTINUES OVER SRN PORTIONS
   OF WW 244 FROM SRN GA INTO SE SC. 
   
   LATE THIS AFTERNOON...STORMS HAVE BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED OVER ERN
   NC DESPITE MORE LIMITED INSTABILITY IN THIS REGION. THE THREAT FOR
   ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AS STORMS
   LIFT NWD AND INTERACT WITH E-W ORIENTED QUASISTATIONARY BOUNDARY.
   FARTHER SOUTH...PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT REMAINS FROM S CNTRL THROUGH
   SERN GA INTO SERN SC WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MORE UNSTABLE WITH
   MLCAPE FROM 1500 TO 2000 J/KG. WEAKER VERTICAL SHEAR IN THIS REGION
   WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE MAINLY MULTICELL STORMS WITH ISOLATED
   DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL THE MAIN THREATS NEXT COUPLE HOURS.
   
   ..DIAL.. 05/05/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...MHX...RAH...CHS...FFC...
   
   LAT...LON   34917668 35327815 35667820 35567725 35237647 34917668 
               32098070 31818181 32278230 32948122 32668068 32098070 
   
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