MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0316
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0151 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2011
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...SERN LA...SRN MS/AL...FAR WRN FL PANHANDLE
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 76...
   
   VALID 300651Z - 300845Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 76 CONTINUES.
   
   LARGE CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY EXTENDS
   FROM SRN MS INTO ERN LA...AND THEN SEWD INTO THE NRN GULF OF MEXICO.
   A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS IN PLACE S OF THE WARM FRONT WITH A
   SWLY LOW LEVEL JET HELPING TO PUSH NEAR 70S DEWPOINTS ASHORE. 
   
   SHEAR PROFILES REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS...AND THE THREAT
   SHOULD SHIFT EWD WITH TIME INTO SRN AL AND PERHAPS THE WRN FL
   PANHANDLE. BACKED LOW LEVEL WINDS AHEAD OF THE WEAK SURFACE LOW AND
   ALONG A WARM FRONT WILL MAINTAIN FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS FOR
   A TORNADO THREAT WITH ANY SUPERCELLS. STRONG/DAMAGING WINDS WILL
   ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL. AN ADDITIONAL TORNADO WATCH
   MAY BE NEEDED JUST E OF THE CURRENT WATCH.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 03/30/2011
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...TAE...MOB...
   
   LAT...LON   31378800 31188649 30618569 30098594 30368688 30188740
               29998814 30368835 30868832 31378800