MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0883
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0535 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL/SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL/EASTERN KY
   INTO OH
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY 
   
   VALID 111035Z - 111230Z
   
   POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE WIND GUSTS/HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO
   DEVELOP EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTHERN INDIANA AND
   CENTRAL/EASTERN KY INTO OH EARLY THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH NOT
   CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED...WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR A POSSIBLE
   WATCH.
   
   EAST OF A NEARLY STACKED CYCLONE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL IL...AN ARCING
   BAND OF LOW TOPPED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP/QUICKLY SPREAD
   NORTHEASTWARD EARLY THIS MORNING NEAR THE FRONTAL OCCLUSION ACROSS
   CENTRAL/SOUTHERN INDIANA INTO WEST CENTRAL KY. MEASURED CONVECTIVE
   GUSTS OF 40-45 KT HAVE BEEN COMMON THIS MORNING IN SURFACE NETWORK
   OBSERVATIONS ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST IL INTO SOUTHWEST
   INDIANA...INCLUDING MOUNT CARMEL/LAWRENCEVILLE IL AND EVANSVILLE
   IND/HENDERSON KY. IN ADDITION...A GUST TO 48 KT WAS RECENTLY /1006Z/
   MEASURED AT CHAMPAIGN IL. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY REMAINS
   MODEST...STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND STRONG WINDS IN THE LOW TO
   MID TROPOSPHERE WILL FAVOR WINDS/HAIL TO NEAR SEVERE LEVELS EARLY
   THIS MORNING. INDIANAPOLIS/EVANSVILLE WSR-88D VWPS ARE SAMPLING
   50-60 KT WINDS IN THE LOWEST 1 KM. IF ANY UPSWING IN CONVECTIVE
   INTENSITY OCCURS THIS MORNING...A WATCH MAY NEED TO BE CONSIDERED.
   
   ..GUYER.. 05/11/2008
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...JKL...ILN...LMK...IWX...IND...
   
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