MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0007
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0942 AM CST WED JAN 05 2011
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...FL PANHANDLE
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY 
   
   VALID 051542Z - 051645Z
   
   A STRONG/NEAR-SEVERE WIND GUST OR EVEN A BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE
   RULED OUT ALONG THE FL PANHANDLE COAST THROUGH MIDDAY. BUT
   OVERALL...ANY SUCH THREAT SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED/MARGINAL AND NO
   WATCH IS EXPECTED.
   
   AN ELEVATED BOW ECHO CONTINUES TO STEADILY ADVANCE EASTWARD AT
   AROUND 45 KT ACROSS THE FL PANHANDLE...NEAR CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY AS OF
   1530Z. WHILE THE BOW ECHO WILL LIKELY TEND TO REMAIN AT LEAST
   SLIGHTLY ELEVATED AS THE MARINE BOUNDARY REMAINS PRINCIPALLY
   OFFSHORE...THE EXISTING ORGANIZATION/FORWARD SPEED OF THE BOW ECHO
   COULD YIELD STRONG/PERHAPS NEAR-SEVERE WINDS INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.
   THIS WOULD BE AS THE CONVECTIVE LINE/BOW-PRECEDING AIRMASS CONTINUES
   TO GRADUALLY WARM/MOISTEN IN THE PANAMA CITY/APALACHICOLA VICINITIES
   AND OTHER COASTAL PORTIONS OF THE FL PANHANDLE.
   
   ..GUYER.. 01/05/2011
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...TAE...MOB...
   
   LAT...LON   30208672 30628635 30468541 29858441 29598515 30098605
               30208672