MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0713
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0437 PM CDT TUE MAY 05 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...SERN GA...COASTAL PLAINS OF SC/NC
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 244...
   
   VALID 052137Z - 052230Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 244
   CONTINUES.
   
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EXPIRES AT 22Z. A THREAT MAY EXIST ACROSS
   PORTIONS OF NC FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A NEW WW IS POSSIBLE. 
   
   HEIGHT FALLS ARE NOTED ACROSS NC AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SHORT
   WAVE...WHICH HAS CONTINUED TO PROVIDE FAVORABLE LIFT FOR
   THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN A MOIST/MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. A
   THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF HAIL/DMGG WINDS...AND ISOLD
   TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT...MAY EXIST
   OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE THE WAVE PASSES AND HEIGHT RISES
   BEGIN TO LIMIT MORE SUBSTANTIAL CONVECTION. VAD WIND PROFILE DATA
   REFLECTS FAVORABLE HODOGRAPHS FOR ROTATING STORMS. AREA IS BEING
   MONITORED...AND A NEW WW MAY BE ISSUED.
   
   FARTHER S ACROSS GA/SC...PREVIOUS CONVECTION THAT HAS PRODUCED
   SEVERE WEATHER EARLIER HAS TRANSITIONED PRIMARILY INTO A HEAVY
   RAINFALL THREAT AS MEAN WIND HAS BECOME ORIENTED NEARLY PARALLEL TO
   THE LINGERING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. AREAS TO THE S AND E OF CURRENT
   CONVECTION THAT ARE NOT RAIN COOLED AND REMAIN MODERATELY UNSTABLE
   MAY SUPPORT ISOLD SEVERE DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...AS THE MAIN SHORT
   WAVE MOVES OFFSHORE...HEIGHT RISES MAY TEMPER MORE SIGNIFICANT
   DEVELOPMENT.
   
   ..HURLBUT.. 05/05/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...MHX...RAH...ILM...CHS...CAE...JAX...FFC...
   
   LAT...LON   32448016 31168184 31868275 33268161 34678015 36047911
               36187761 35207691 34007804 32448016