MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0759
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1035 AM CDT FRI MAY 08 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NERN AND E CNTRL GA THROUGH MUCH OF SC
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE 
   
   VALID 081535Z - 081700Z
   
   CLUSTER/LINE OF MULTICELL STORMS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SEWD
   THROUGH SC AND PORTIONS OF ERN GA INTO THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED
   DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. AREA IS BEING MONITORED FOR
   A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.
   
   LINE OF STORMS FROM SWRN NC THROUGH EXTREME NW SC AND NERN GA IS
   MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 KT. THE PRE-CONVECTIVE WARM SECTOR IS
   DESTABILIZING WITH 2000 J/KG MLCAPE LIKELY AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES
   WARM INTO THE 80S. ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE
   STRONGER WINDS ALOFT...BUT WILL REMAIN WITHIN UNIDIRECTIONAL WLY
   20-30 KT FLOW IN THE 2-6 KM LAYER. BULK SHEAR OF 20-30 KT WILL
   SUPPORT MULTICELL CONVECTION AS DOMINANT MODE. HOWEVER...THE
   THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT MAY BECOME SUFFICIENT FOR STORMS TO
   INTENSIFY AND PRODUCE ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL THIS
   AFTERNOON.
   
   ..DIAL.. 05/08/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...ILM...CHS...CAE...GSP...FFC...
   
   LAT...LON   34568231 35038125 34057979 33228001 33018134 34038332
               34568231