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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1831
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1003 AM CDT MON SEP 28 2015
AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHERN LOUISIANA
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY
VALID 281503Z - 281800Z
PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...20 PERCENT
SUMMARY...AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT MAY DEVELOP THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. WW ISSUANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED
AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE THREAT...BUT TRENDS
WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED THIS AFTERNOON.
DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH EMBEDDED/TRANSIENT
LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATIONS PERSIST JUST OFFSHORE OF VERMILLION/ST MARY
PARISHES IN LOUISIANA ATTM. THESE STORMS ARE VERY NEAR A STATIONARY
FRONTAL ZONE SEPARATING AN AIRMASS CONTAINING SLIGHTLY GREATER
LOW-LEVEL BUOYANCY OFFSHORE AND SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE CONDITIONS
INLAND. ALTHOUGH LATEST HIGH-RES GUIDANCE DOES NOT HAVE A VERY GOOD
HANDLE ON THE CURRENT COMPLEX...GUIDANCE/OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST THAT
SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY SLOWLY MOVE/DEVELOP INLAND ALONG COASTAL
AREAS OF LOUISIANA DURING THE AFTERNOON. DEEP EASTERLY LOW-LEVEL
FLOW IN PLACE AND SUFFICIENT VEERING WITH HEIGHT IS SUGGESTIVE OF AN
ISOLATED WATERSPOUT/TORNADO THREAT THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY WITH GRADUAL DESTABILIZATION INLAND DUE TO
INSOLATION. A WW IS NOT LIKELY GIVEN THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE
THREAT...BUT TRENDS WILL BE MONITORED.
..COOK/CORFIDI.. 09/28/2015
ATTN...WFO...LIX...LCH...
LAT...LON 29559246 29789246 30049232 30199212 30269178 30239124
30019062 29799027 29389007 29079010 28939030 28919055
28979116 29149164 29359213 29519242 29559246
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