MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1271
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1019 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...S CNTRL-SERN KY/ERN TN/EXTREME SWRN NC
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE 
   
   VALID 221519Z - 221715Z
   
   WRN EDGE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL KY HAS ORGANIZED INTO
   A BOW-SHAPED STRUCTURE MOVING SSEWD 30-35 KT.  BASE VELOCITY OF
   30-40 KT FROM KLVX RADAR IS CONSISTENT WITH RECENT SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS OF 33 KT AT SDF.  ALTHOUGH REFLECTIVITY CORES HAVE NOT SHOWN
   SIGNS OF RECENT STRENGTHENING...STORMS ARE MOVING SSEWD ALONG WARM
   FRONT...AND ENVIRONMENT AHEAD OF THE STORMS WILL UNDERGO ADDITIONAL
   HEATING/DESTABILIZATION INTO THE AFTERNOON.  GIVEN PRESENCE OF 30-40
   KT NNWLY MID LEVEL WINDS...STORMS WILL BE MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF
   INTENSIFICATION AND INCREASING POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND
   GUSTS LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON IF BOW STRUCTURE IS
   MAINTAINED.
   
   ..WEISS.. 06/22/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...GSP...MRX...JKL...FFC...LMK...OHX...HUN...
   
   LAT...LON   35888615 36698642 37278623 37408556 37358477 36998417
               36228376 35268350 34988380 34908516 35228592 35888615