MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0970
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0722 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...ERN AR...NRN MS...WRN TN
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 374...
   
   VALID 260022Z - 260115Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 374 CONTINUES.
   
   THREAT OF TORNADOES...DMGG WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL PERSISTS OVER
   PORTIONS OF ERN AR...NRN MS AND WRN TN. 
   
   NUMEROUS DISCRETE SUPERCELLS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE WATCH
   AREA...WITH STORM INTERACTIONS LEADING TO A MORE BROKEN
   LINE/CLUSTERS OF STORMS WITH EMBEDDED STRONGER CIRCULATIONS. 00Z
   SOUNDING AT NASHVILLE SHOWS A SUBTLE WARM LAYER AT 700 MB THAT HAS
   BEEN INHIBITING WARM SECTOR DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF THE MAIN AREA OF
   CONVECTION...NOW LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE AR/MS/TN BORDER.
   HOWEVER...SHORT-LIVED CELLS IN NERN MS AND CNTRL TN SUGGEST THAT AS
   STRONGER UPPER FORCING APPROACHES AND THE LOW LEVEL JET CONTINUES TO
   DEVELOP EWD...A FEW DISCRETE SUPERCELLS MAY BE POSSIBLE IN ADVANCE
   OF A POTENTIALLY MORE WIDESPREAD WIND AND HAIL THREAT.
   
   ..HURLBUT.. 05/26/2011
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...OHX...PAH...MEG...JAN...LZK...SHV...
   
   LAT...LON   36598728 35118812 33848988 32959151 32639273 33169306
               34779063 36128957 36458897 36598728