MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0880
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0340 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NORTHERN/CENTRAL PORTIONS OF AL/GA INTO SC
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 304...
   
   VALID 110840Z - 111015Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 304 CONTINUES.
   
   TORNADO WATCH 304 CONTINUES UNTIL 14Z ACROSS NORTHERN/CENTRAL
   PORTIONS OF AL/GA INTO CENTRAL/SOUTHERN SC...WITH THE PRIMARY RISKS
   OF TORNADOES/DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   QUASI-LINEAR MCS CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE ACROSS FAR EAST CENTRAL/SOUTH
   CENTRAL AL INTO WEST CENTRAL GA AS OF 0830Z...WITH MESOHIGH/COLD
   POOL BECOMING INCREASINGLY EVIDENT IN ITS WAKE PER SURFACE
   MESOANALYSIS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CONGEAL WITH THE THREAT
   FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND INCREASING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AS
   STORMS RACE EASTWARD AND PRESSURE RISE/FALL COUPLET EVOLVES. GIVEN
   THE MOIST AIRMASS/STRONG SHEAR...THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES WILL
   CONTINUE AS WELL...MAINLY ON THE EAST/SOUTH FRINGES OF THE EVOLVING
   MCS IN ASSOCIATION WITH ANY LINE-EMBEDDED BOWS AND/OR QUASI-DISCRETE
   SUPERCELLS /ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NORTHERN GA WARM FRONT/.
   
   EAST OF THE MCS...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR STORMS TO BECOME MORE
   ACTIVE IN A ROTATIONAL-SENSE EARLY THIS MORNING FROM NORTH CENTRAL
   GA INTO CENTRAL/SOUTHERN SC. A WARM FRONT FROM NEAR ATLANTA INTO SC
   CONTINUES TO MAKE A VERY SLOW NORTHWARD PROGRESSION AMIDST A
   CORRIDOR OF SUSTAINED PRESSURE FALLS. LOW LEVEL WARM/MOIST
   TRAJECTORIES ALONG/SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE TO ERODE
   ANY REMAINING SURFACE INHIBITION. AS A SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL JET
   CONTINUES TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING...0-1 KM
   SRH WILL REMAIN MAXIMIZED ALONG/NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT ESPECIALLY
   ACROSS FAR NORTH GA INTO SC.
   
   ..GUYER.. 05/11/2008
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...ILM...CHS...CAE...GSP...JAX...FFC...TAE...BMX...MOB...
   
   34118427 34398276 34088120 33628005 32887925 31488113
   31898331 31848595 32308794 33308714 33468575