MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0897
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0257 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...ERN OH/WRN PA/WV
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 285...
   
   VALID 251957Z - 252100Z
   
   CONTINUE VALID PORTION OF WW 285.
   
   AS OF 1950Z...BROKEN LINE OF STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS
   EXTENDED FROM WESTMORELAND COUNTY PA SWWD THROUGH MARION...KANAWHA
   AND BOONE COUNTIES IN WV. DOWNSTREAM AIRMASS REMAINS MODERATELY
   UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH MLCAPES OF 1000-2000 J/KG AND
   MODERATELY STRONG UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND PROFILES. THUS...LOCAL
   ENVIRONMENT REMAINS SUPPORTIVE OF STRONG...PERSISTENT UPDRAFTS WITH
   LARGE HAIL. MOREOVER...GENERAL INCREASE IN TSTM COVERAGE SUGGESTS AN
   INCREASE IN COLD POOL PRODUCTION AND INHERENT DAMAGING WIND
   POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WV PORTION OF WW.
   
   ..MEAD.. 05/25/2004
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...CTP...LWX...RNK...PBZ...RLX...CLE...ILN...
   
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