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Mesoscale Discussion 386
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0386
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0321 PM CDT SAT APR 09 2011
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...ERN TN...ERN KY...SRN WV...WRN VA...WRN NC
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 113...
   
   VALID 092021Z - 092145Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 113 CONTINUES.
   
   THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL
   PERSIST NEXT FEW HOURS MAINLY FROM SRN WV...WRN VA...ERN TN AND WRN
   NC. ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY INTENSIFY OVER SERN KY. STORMS ARE
   APPROACHING ERN EDGE OF THE WW ACROSS WRN VA AND WRN NC. SOME THREAT
   FOR LARGE HAIL MAY EXIST A SHORT DISTANCE EAST OF WW 113...BUT
   OVERALL SEVERE THREAT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE SUFFICIENT FOR A
   DOWNSTREAM WATCH AT THIS TIME.
   
   CLUSTER OF STORMS INCLUDING A FEW DISCRETE SUPERCELLS CONTINUE FROM
   SRN WV SWD THROUGH WRN VA AND NERN TN IN ASSOCIATION WITH MCV AND
   ITS ATTENDANT MESOSCALE ZONES OF ASCENT. SOME OF THE STORMS ARE
   SHIFTING EAST OF WW 113...BUT WEDGE FRONT HAS STABILIZED THE
   BOUNDARY LAYER TOWARD CNTRL VA AND NC. STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME
   ELEVATED AND BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE INTO THIS MORE STABLE
   REGIME. 
   
   FARTHER WEST...LINE OF STORMS INCLUDING EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS PERSIST
   FROM SRN WV THROUGH EXTREME WRN VA. THIS ACTIVITY HAS HAD A TENDENCY
   TO BUILD SLOWLY SWWD...AND A FEW DISCRETE CELLS ARE ALSO BEGINNING
   TO DEVELOP OVER NERN TN WHERE STRONGER CAP HAS PREVIOUSLY LIMITED
   DEVELOPMENT. LOW-MID LEVEL JETS ACCOMPANYING THE MCV WILL CONTINUE
   TO PROMOTE SUPERCELLS AND BOWING SEGMENTS AS ACTIVITY DEVELOPS EWD
   AND SWD THROUGH REMAINING WARM SECTOR.
   
   ..DIAL.. 04/09/2011
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...RNK...RLX...GSP...MRX...JKL...OHX...
   
   LAT...LON   36778315 37258242 38238128 37928043 36168137 35168207
               35028317 35018396 35038478 35278520 36488437 36778315 
   
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