MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0716
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0801 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2011
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...ERN KY/WRN VA...SWD INTO THE CAROLINAS
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 269...
   
   VALID 110101Z - 110200Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 269
   CONTINUES.
   
   CONVECTION HAS DISSIPATED OVER MUCH OF THE WW ALTHOUGH TWO AREAS OF
   CONCERN REMAIN.  SEVERAL STRONG/SEVERE STORMS HAVE YET TO MOVE
   OFFSHORE ALONG THE SC/NC COAST...BUT THIS ACTIVITY WILL DO SO OVER
   THE NEXT HOUR.  IN ITS WAKE...CONVECTION WILL STRUGGLE TO DEVELOP
   OVER THE CAROLINAS PRIOR TO WATCH EXPIRATION.
   
   THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT IS TRANSITIONING TO ERN KY AHEAD OF SWD
   SURGING MCS.  THIS ACTIVITY IS SPREADING SOUTH AT ROUGHLY 25-30KT
   AND THE LEADING EDGE SHOULD APPROACH THE KY/VA/TN BORDER BY 03Z. 
   LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS MCS.
   
   ..DARROW.. 05/11/2011
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...MHX...RAH...ILM...RNK...CHS...RLX...CAE...GSP...
   MRX...JKL...
   
   LAT...LON   35898384 37858196 34507762 32557941 35898384