MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0406
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0918 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NERN LA...SERN AR...NWRN MS
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL 
   
   VALID 270318Z - 270415Z
   
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP FROM NERN LA INTO SERN AR IN THE
   NEXT 1-2 HOURS...
   
   THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RECENTLY DEVELOPED ATOP SHALLOW COOL AIR MASS
   OVER NERN LA IN RESPONSE TO LARGE SCALE ASCENT AHEAD OF UPPER
   TROUGH.  THERE APPEARS TO BE SUFFICIENT BUOYANCY WITH PARCELS ROOTED
   AOB 850MB FOR ELEVATED SUPERCELLS...PER 00Z SHV SOUNDING.  IF THIS
   ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MAY BE
   REQUIRED FOR THAT REGION JUST NW OF THE COLD FRONT.
   
   ..DARROW.. 03/27/2005
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...MEG...JAN...LZK...SHV...
   
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