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Mesoscale Discussion 2131
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2131
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1101 AM CDT MON SEP 05 2011
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...SERN-EAST CENTRAL MS/SRN AND CENTRAL AL/FL
   PANHANDLE/PARTS OF WRN AND CENTRAL GA
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 838...
   
   VALID 051601Z - 051630Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 838 CONTINUES.
   
   A NEW TORNADO WATCH WILL BE COORDINATED SOON FOR PARTS OF WRN AND
   CENTRAL GA...AS THE ONGOING TORNADO THREAT ACROSS VALID PARTS OF WW
   838 DEVELOPS/EXPANDS ENEWD THIS AFTERNOON.
   
   15Z MESOSCALE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE/RADAR IMAGERY SHOWED THE
   REMNANT CENTER OF LEE LOCATED OVER SERN MS...WITH A SECOND AREA OF
   LOW PRESSURE OVER SWRN-W CENTRAL AL.  THIS LATTER LOW WAS LOCATED
   ALONG A BAROCLINIC ZONE WHICH EXTENDED NEWD FROM THE SERN LOW CENTER
   THROUGH WRN TO NERN AL...INTO FAR NWRN GA TO ALONG THE TN/NC
   BORDER...AND FARTHER NEWD INTO WRN VA.  DIABATIC HEATING IS
   SUPPORTING SUFFICIENT DESTABILIZATION INTO THE AFTERNOON FROM WW 838
   INTO PARTS OF WRN/CENTRAL GA AND PARTS OF NWRN FL.  AS THE SERN MS
   LOW TRACKS NEWD TODAY...50 KT SLY LLJ WILL TRANSLATE EWD RESULTING
   IN AN INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL SHEAR/SRH FOR AN ENHANCED TORNADO
   THREAT.
   
   MEANWHILE...EXTENSIVE CLOUDS N OF THE REMNANT LOW IN MUCH OF ERN MS
   AND N OF THE BAROCLINIC ZONE INTO NRN AL WILL LIMIT THE SEVERE
   WEATHER THREAT ACROSS THESE AREAS...AND AS SUCH AFFECTED COUNTIES
   HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM WW 838.
   
   ..PETERS.. 09/05/2011
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...JAX...FFC...TAE...BMX...HUN...MOB...JAN...LIX...
   
   LAT...LON   30048826 30758918 32008855 32828781 34148642 34638504
               34378370 34058320 32978303 31638299 30738334 30418352
               29828368 29458438 29288523 29708603 29938645 29828814
               30048826 
   
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