MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0756
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0632 AM CDT MON MAY 05 2003
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...SERN MO / SRN IL / SWRN IN / WRN KY...
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 246...
   
   VALID 051132Z - 051300Z
   
   SEVERE / TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS WW AREA AHEAD OF
   APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
   
   MARGINALLY-UNSTABLE /500 TO 1000 J/KG MEAN-LAYER CAPE/ AIRMASS
   REMAINS ACROSS WW AREA AHEAD OF COLD FRONT -- WHOSE LOCATION ROUGHLY
   CORRESPONDS WITH LINE OF STORMS NOW MOVING ACROSS NWRN PORTIONS OF
   WW.  STRONG / WEAKLY-VEERING WIND FIELD IS OBSERVED ACROSS THE
   REGION...WHICH SUGGESTS A CONTINUED SEVERE THREAT GIVEN AMOUNT OF
   INSTABILITY.  HOWEVER...STORMS REMAIN LIMITED IN INTENSITY ACCORDING
   TO RADAR IMAGERY OVER THE LAST 1 TO 2 HOURS.  GREATEST THREAT
   REMAINS NEAR AND SOUTH OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY NOW LYING FROM ROUGHLY 45
   NW HOP TO 30 ENE POF...ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS WHICH HAVE NOW MOVED
   TO THE IND / KY BORDER.
   
   ..GOSS.. 05/05/2003
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...LMK...OHX...PAH...MEG...LSX...
   
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