MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2190
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0239 PM CDT WED SEP 08 2004
AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL/ERN VA...ERN NC
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 814...
VALID 081939Z - 082145Z
CONTINUE WW. POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL ISOLATED TORNADOES
CONTINUES...BROADER SCALE RISK OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY INCREASE A
BIT.
WARM...VERY MOIST AND BUOYANT BOUNDARY LAYER AHEAD OF MID-LEVEL
REMNANTS OF FRANCES WILL REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF DEEP CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. HIGHEST PROBABILITIES FOR
SUPERCELLS WITH TORNADOES LIKELY WILL REMAIN IN AREAS NEAR/NORTH OF
RICHMOND VA INTO THE VICINITY OF WASHINGTON D.C AND
CHARLOTTESVILLE...WHERE THERE HAS BEEN SUNSHINE AND LOW-LEVEL WARM
ADVECTION/VEERING WIND PROFILES WITH HEIGHT ARE MOST PRONOUNCED.
RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO EXIST WITH NORTH-SOUTH BANDS OF
CONVECTION SLOWLY SPREADING NORTHEASTWARD INTO CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
NORTH CAROLINA...JUST AHEAD OF MID-LEVEL SUBSIDENCE/DRYING EVIDENT
IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. HOWEVER...WITH HODOGRAPHS MORE
UNIDIRECTIONAL NEAR THESE LINES...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY BE PRIMARY
THREAT AS MOMENTUM ASSOCIATED WITH 40 KT LOW-LEVEL JET IS
TRANSFERRED TOWARD SURFACE. ACTIVITY MAY GRADUALLY CONSOLIDATE INTO
ONE LINE AS IT PROGRESSES TOWARD THE WASHINGTON D.C./NORFOLK BY
AROUND 09/00Z.
..KERR.. 09/08/2004
ATTN...WFO...PHI...AKQ...MHX...LWX...RAH...RNK...
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