MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2049
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0350 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...E TX/CENTRAL LA
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 801...
   
   VALID 242050Z - 242215Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 801
   CONTINUES.
   
   WIDESPREAD STORMS AND ISOLATED SEVERE POTENTIAL CONTINUES.
   
   LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS AN ARCING BAND OF STORMS CONTINUING A
   SWWD PROGRESSION ACROSS E TX AND THE CENTRAL THIRD OF LA ATTM...WITH
   NEW STORMS INCREASING ACROSS NERN TX.  AIRMASS REMAINS FAVORABLY
   UNSTABLE ACROSS THIS REGION...BUT DECREASES WITH WWD EXTENT INTO N
   TX.  
   
   HOWEVER...A WELL-DEFINED GUST FRONT EXTENDS FROM W OF KPRX /PARIS
   TX/ IN A SW/EWD ARC TO NEAR KPOE /FT. POLK LA/...WHICH SHOULD
   CONTINUE TO FUEL ANAFRONTAL-TYPE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL
   CONVECTION.  WITH FAIRLY DEEP MIXED LAYER /SURFACE DEWPOINT
   DEPRESSIONS OF 30 TO 40 F/...EVAPORATIVELY-ASSISTED WIND GUSTS NEAR
   SEVERE LEVELS REMAIN POSSIBLE IN LOCAL AREAS.  THOUGH THE THREAT
   CONTINUES TO SPREAD ACROSS/OUT OF WW 801...NEW WW IS NOT ANTICIPATED
   ATTM GIVEN VERY ISOLATED NATURE OF THREAT.
   
   ..GOSS.. 08/24/2011
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...JAN...LCH...SHV...HGX...FWD...
   
   LAT...LON   33389521 32609476 32069401 31709272 31769213 31179184
               30959386 31489532 32779596 33489567 33389521