MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0131
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0722 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...WRN AND SCNTRL KY
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 15...
   
   VALID 250122Z - 250245Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 15 CONTINUES.
   
   AN ISOLATED THREAT FOR TORNADOES ALONG WITH WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL
   WILL BE POSSIBLE EWD ACROSS SCNTRL KY THIS EVENING. A NEW TORNADO
   WATCH WILL BE LIKELY TO THE EAST OF WW 15.
   
   AN INTENSE SQUALL-LINE WITH SEVERAL WELL-ORGANIZED BOW ECHOES IS
   CURRENTLY MOVE QUICKLY EWD ACROSS WRN KY. THE LINE IS ALONG A WARM
   FRONT WHICH EXTENDS EWD ACROSS SRN KY. LOW-LEVEL SHEAR PROFILES ARE
   ENHANCED ALONG THE BOUNDARY WITH THE HOPKINSVILLE WSR-88D VWP
   SHOWING 0-3 KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITIES IN THE 500 TO 600 M2/S2
   RANGE. THIS ALONG WITH LOW LCL HEIGHTS SHOULD BE FAVORABLE FOR
   TORNADOES AS THE SQUALL-LINE MOVES INTO SCNTRL KY OVER THE NEXT FEW
   HOURS. IN ADDITION...A FORWARD SPEED OF THE LINE AT 40 TO 50 KT
   ALONG WITH 50 KT OF FLOW JUST ABOVE THE SFC WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
   WIND DAMAGE.
   
   ..BROYLES.. 02/25/2011
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...MRX...JKL...LMK...OHX...PAH...MEG...
   
   LAT...LON   36598469 36508540 36498697 36418792 36398929 36598941
               37088873 37308802 37468730 37648635 37738539 37528459
               37258444 36598469