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Mesoscale Discussion 2461
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2461
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0923 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NRN/ERN GA...SC...EXTREME SRN NC
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 899...
   
   VALID 241523Z - 241700Z
   
   WW WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY FARTHER E...FOR PORTIONS ERN GA AND SC.
   SEVERE SQUALL LINE...CONTAINING EMBEDDED BOW/LEWP FORMATIONS AND A
   FEW POSSIBLY TORNADIC MESOCYCLONES...IS ON TRACK TO LEAVE NRN
   PORTION WW 899 BETWEEN 16Z-17Z AND SERN PORTION AROUND 18Z. 
   ESPECIALLY INTENSE BOW SHOULD MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS
   HENRY/BUTTS/NEWTON/JASPER/MORGAN/PUTNAM/WALTON COUNTIES WITH
   POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE.  
   
   AIR MASS AHEAD OF THIS LINE WILL BE AT LEAST MARGINALLY FAVORABLE
   THERMODYNAMICALLY WITH MLCAPES 300-800 J/KG.  KINEMATIC SUPPORT FOR
   DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS TORNADIC BOWS WILL REMAIN STRONG...I.E.
   WITH 0-6 KM SHEARS 55-70 KT MOST AREAS.  AIR MASS BEHIND THIS
   ACTIVITY WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY STABILIZED UNTIL LATER TODAY. 
   THEREFORE WW 899 PROBABLY WILL BE CANCELLED BEFORE SCHEDULED 19Z
   EXPIRATION...ONCE ALL POTENTIALLY SEVERE CONVECTION EXITS ITS
   COUNTIES.
   
   ..EDWARDS.. 11/24/2004
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...FFC...TAE...BMX...CHS...CAE...GSP...JAX...
   
   31818366 31858553 34278537 34228345 
   
   34258348 34918273 35288162 35228085 34958037 34298056
   33238106 31798149 31868361 
   
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