MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1980
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0547 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NERN NC AND SRN/ERN VA
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 745...
   
   VALID 122247Z - 122345Z
   
   TORNADO WATCH 745 EXPIRES AT 00 UTC.  IT WILL PROBABLY NOT BE
   REISSUED.
   
   VORT MAX WAS CLEARLY EVIDENT IN RADAR IMAGERY...CENTERED OVER
   APPOMATTOX COUNTY VA...MOVING NEWD INTO CNTRL VA.  BANDS OF TSTMS
   ARC SEWD INTO SCNTRL/SERN VA INTO NERN NC.  LATEST MESOANALYSIS
   SHOWS THAT PRESSURE FALLS ARE NOT NEARLY AS ORGANIZED AS EARLIER IN
   THE DAY AND SUGGESTS THAT THE TORNADO THREAT MAY BE DIMINISHING.  AS
   SUCH...TORNADO WATCH 745 WILL PROBABLY NOT BE REISSUED OR EXTENDED
   FARTHER NORTH.
   
   ..RACY.. 08/12/2004
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...AKQ...MHX...LWX...RAH...
   
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