MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0288
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0853 PM CDT WED APR 07 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL AND SW AL
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 51...
   
   VALID 080153Z - 080300Z
   
   LONG-LIVED NEWD MOVING SUPERCELL...NOW OVER NRN AUTAUGA/SRN CHILTON
   COUNTIES AT 0145Z EXPECTED TO MERGE WITH EWD MOVING BOW ECHO
   /CURRENTLY OVER BIBB COUNTY/ AROUND 02Z.  ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL
   CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS SERN MS/SWRN
   AL AND CENTRAL AL.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN THE PRIMARY
   THREATS WITH THIS ACTIVITY.
   
   30 KT WSWLY LLJ NOSING INTO SERN MS ATTM EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN
   LOW-LEVEL DESTABILIZATION/MODERATE INSTABILITY FOR ADDITIONAL
   THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING INTO SWRN AL.  STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR
   WITHIN THIS MOIST/UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND STRAIGHT HODOGRAPHS PER AREA
   00Z SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THE LIKELIHOOD FOR BOWS/SPLITTING SUPERCELLS.
   
   ..PETERS.. 04/08/2004
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...BMX...MOB...JAN...
   
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