MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0848
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0941 PM CDT FRI MAY 09 2008
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL INTO SERN NC
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE 
   
   VALID 100241Z - 100345Z
   
   CORRECTED WEB GRAPHIC
   
   STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE INCREASING EWD ACROSS CENTRAL NC LATE
   THIS EVENING IN PHASE WITH LARGER MID LEVEL TROUGH MOVING TOWARDS
   THE EAST COAST.  LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS SHOULD
   ACCOMPANY STRONGER CORES AND WW MAY BE NEEDED SHOULD UPWARD TRENDS
   IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE CONTINUE.
   
   AIR MASS REMAINS CHARACTERIZED BY VERY STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES
   ACROSS THE REGION WITH GSO SOUNDING THIS EVENING INDICATING H7-H5 LR
   IN EXCESS OF 8 C/KM.  SURFACE PATTERN IS COMPLEX THIS EVENING WITH
   E-W COOL FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS CENTRAL NC...WHILE ADDITIONAL COLD
   FRONT PUSHES EWD ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS ASSOCIATED WITH MAIN TROUGH
   ALOFT.  DESPITE MARGINAL INSTABILITY AND LIMITED SURFACE-BASED
   PARCEL POTENTIAL...DEEP LAYER SHEAR REMAINS SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS
   WHICH SHOULD BOOST THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL WITH THE STRONGER CORES. 
   AN ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND EVENT ALSO REMAINS POSSIBLE.  AM
   MONITORING FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE TSTM WATCH SHOULD THREAT BECOME MORE
   THAN JUST MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.
   
   ..EVANS.. 05/10/2008
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...MHX...RAH...ILM...CAE...GSP...
   
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