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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2032
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1245 PM CDT SUN AUG 21 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...SRN VA...NORTH CAROLINA...PARTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY
VALID 211745Z - 211915Z
TRENDS ARE BEING MONITORED FOR AN INCREASING SEVERE THREAT THAT
LIKELY WILL REQUIRE A WW ACROSS AT LEAST PARTS OF SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.
WESTERLY DEEP LAYER MEAN FLOW IS RATHER MODEST...BUT LOW-LEVEL LAPSE
RATES ARE BECOME STEEP WITH STRONG HEATING...AND MIXED LAYER CAPE
HAS EXCEEDED 2000 J/KG ALONG SURFACE TROUGHING TO THE LEE OF THE
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. SCATTERED VIGOROUS STORM DEVELOPMENT
APPEARS INCREASINGLY LIKELY THROUGH 19-21Z...WITH A GRADUALLY
INCREASING RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...PERHAPS SOME HAIL INTO THE
LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...BENEATH DIFLUENT UPPER FLOW AHEAD OF THE
AMPLIFYING UPSTREAM UPPER TROUGH.
..KERR.. 08/21/2011
ATTN...WFO...AKQ...MHX...LWX...RAH...ILM...RNK...CAE...GSP...
LAT...LON 34608169 35818087 37857854 37217672 35957684 34397939
34038111 34608169
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