MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0581
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0308 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2003
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NRN/CNTRL AL...N CNTRL GA
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 166...
   
   VALID 252008Z - 252215Z
   
   AREAS EAST OF WW 166 ARE BEING MONITORED FOR POSSIBILITY OF
   ADDITIONAL WW.
   
   WITH APPROACH OF PEAK HEATING...CONVECTION CONTINUES TO INCREASE...
   WITH DEEPEST DEVELOPMENT NORTH OF CYCLONIC MID-LEVEL JET AXIS ACROSS
   CENTRAL ALABAMA...WHERE MID-LEVEL CAP HAS BEEN WEAKENED.  MOST
   PROMINENT STORMS...IN THE FORM OF A SERIES OF SUPERCELLS...APPEARS
   TO BE FOCUSED IN MID-LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE ALONG JET AXIS...FROM
   CHILTON COUNTY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA WESTWARD INTO THE MERIDIAN MS
   AREA.
   
   POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES WILL REMAIN HIGHEST WHERE VERTICAL SHEAR IS
   MAXIMIZED IN VICINITY OF SURFACE WARM FRONT...NOW VICINITY OF HALE
   COUNTY...BUT SLOWLY SHIFTING EASTWARD INTO AREAS NORTHWEST/NORTH OF
   MONTGOMERY NEXT FEW HOURS.
   
   EVOLUTION OF LARGER MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM STILL APPEARS LIKELY
   LATE THIS AFTERNOON...CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASING THREAT FOR DAMAGING
   WINDS ...AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES/LARGE HAIL...INTO PARTS OF
   WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA BY 26/00Z.
   
   ..KERR.. 04/25/2003
   
   
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