MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1449
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0612 PM CDT SUN JUL 05 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF CENTRAL/SRN AL INTO CENTRAL/SRN GA AND FAR
   NRN FL
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 550...
   
   VALID 052312Z - 060015Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 550
   CONTINUES.
   
   THREAT FOR STRONG WINDS APPEARS TO BE INCREASING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
   AL TO CENTRAL GA EARLY THIS EVENING ATTENDANT TO LEADING EDGE OF AN
   MCS CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM TALLADEGA TO NRN LOWNDES COUNTIES AL. 
   A FEW COUNTIES ALONG THE NRN EXTENT OF WW 550 IN CENTRAL GA MAY NEED
   TO BE ADDED TO THIS WATCH WITH THE LINE OF TSTMS EXPECTED TO REACH
   TROUP COUNTY GA AROUND 00Z.
   
   AT 23Z...REGIONAL RADARS INDICATED A NWD MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
   THAT EMANATED FROM THE SRN GA/SERN AL MCS EXTENDED FROM EAST CENTRAL
   AL /JUST N OF AUO/ INTO CENTRAL GA /35 S ATL/.  THE LINE OF TSTMS
   HAS INCREASED IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE LAST HOUR /35-40 KT/...
   WITH THE LINE TRACKING EWD ALONG AN INSTABILITY GRADIENT.  GIVEN THE
   INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED AND DEVELOPMENT OF A COLD POOL...THREAT
   FOR STRONGER WIND GUSTS WILL BE GREATER FROM EAST CENTRAL AL INTO
   PARTS OF CENTRAL GA.
   
   FARTHER SE OVER SERN AL/SRN GA...MAIN THREAT APPEARS TO BE
   CONTINUING TO TRANSITION TO HEAVY RAINFALL RATES /REFER TO SPC
   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1447 FOR MORE DETAILS/.  HOWEVER...GIVEN
   LOCATIONS ALONG SRN PERIPHERY OF THIS MCS WITH SURFACE
   TEMPERATURE-DEWPOINT SPREADS 20-25 DEGREES...A FEW STRONG WET
   MICROBURSTS REMAIN POSSIBLE FROM FAR SERN AL/GA INTO ADJACENT PARTS
   OF FAR NRN FL.
   
   ..PETERS.. 07/05/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...CHS...CAE...JAX...FFC...TAE...BMX...MOB...
   
   LAT...LON   31158849 32328833 33108800 32908699 32938648 33318639
               33398506 33468302 33268225 32128210 31838237 31318311
               31008339 30728382 30748490 30818552 31118634 31158849