MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0832
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1106 PM CDT THU MAY 08 2008
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...N-CNTRL NC...FAR S-CNTRL VA
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 280...282...283...
   
   VALID 090406Z - 090500Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH
   280...282...283...CONTINUES.
   
   MOST SIGNIFICANT SEVERE THREAT APPEARS TO BE EVOLVING ALONG THE SRN
   FLANK OF LARGER QLCS...ACROSS N-CNTRL NC IN THE NERN PORTION OF WW
   282. EMBEDDED SUPERCELL INVOF GREENSBORO HAS HAD WITH A HISTORY OF
   TORNADIC REPORTS AND MEASURED SEVERE WIND GUSTS. THIS STORM WILL
   CONTINUE TO BE FED BY LOWER 70S SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND MIDDLE 60S
   DEW POINTS MAINTAINING MOIST INFLOW AND EFFECTIVE PARCELS ROOTED
   NEAR THE GROUND. EXTREME LOW-LEVEL SHEAR...0-1 KM SRH AROUND 400 KM
   M2/S2...PER REGIONAL VAD PROFILERS WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TORNADIC
   POTENTIAL. CURRENT TRACK ON THIS STORM SUGGESTS IT WILL PROGRESS
   NEAR THE JUXTAPOSITION OF WW 280/282/283. WITH WW 280/282 SCHEDULED
   TO EXPIRE AT 05Z...A LOCAL EXTENSION IN TIME MAY BE NECESSARY.
   
   ..GRAMS.. 05/09/2008
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...AKQ...RAH...RNK...
   
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