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Mesoscale Discussion 176
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0176
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0336 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL/NRN AL...NRN GA...NWRN SC...WRN NC
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 33...
   
   VALID 282136Z - 282300Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 33 CONTINUES.
   
   THE SEVERE THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS TORNADO WATCH 33. IN
   ADDITION...THE SEVERE THREAT IS LIKELY TO MOVE INTO AREAS ADJACENT
   TO WW 33...AND AN ADDITIONAL WATCH MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE CAROLINAS
   INTO GA.
   
   STORMS CONTINUE TO CONSOLIDATE ALONG AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT FROM
   WRN NC SWWD INTO CNTRL AL. BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS HAVE MIXED INTO
   THE UPPER 50S F OVER MANY AREAS...THE EXCEPTION BEING CNTRL AND SRN
   AL WHERE THEY HAVE HELD IN THE MID 60S F. 
   
   STRONG DEEP LAYER WIND FIELDS AND FAST STORM MOTIONS ARE STILL
   RESULTING IN RESPECTABLE STORM RELATIVE HELICITY VALUES ON THE ORDER
   OF 300-500 AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.  DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE A
   DISTINCT PROBABILITY...WITH AN OCCASIONAL TORNADO POSSIBLE AS WELL.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 02/28/2011
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...RAH...RNK...CAE...GSP...MRX...FFC...BMX...MOB...
   
   LAT...LON   32658838 33908642 35078403 36048185 36528052 36607929
               36227922 35408021 33318384 32148467 31918534 31808614
               32008786 32658838 
   
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