MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2235
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0253 PM CDT FRI SEP 17 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NERN NC THROUGH CNTRL...ERN AND NRN VA
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 833...
   
   VALID 171953Z - 172200Z
   
   THE THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL PERSIST ACROSS NERN NC INTO
   MUCH OF THE ERN HALF OF VA THROUGH EARLY-MID EVENING. THE GREATEST
   THREAT NEXT COUPLE HOURS IS EXPECTED ACROSS CNTRL THROUGH NRN VA.
   
   STRONGEST FORCING FOR ASCENT ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG PRESSURE FALLS
   CONTINUES SPREADING NEWD WITH TIME THROUGH VA. THIS FORCING FOR
   ASCENT HAS BECOME CO-LOCATED WITH AREA OF MAXIMUM DESTABILIZATION
   AND SHOULD SUSTAIN CONVECTIVE INTENSITY THROUGH WW 833 NEXT FEW
   HOURS AS STORMS SPREAD ENEWD. TENDENCY HAS BEEN FOR THE LOW LEVEL
   FLOW TO BACK TO SELY ACROSS CNTRL AND ERN VA...COINCIDENT WITH AREA
   OF STRONGEST PRESSURE FALLS. THOUGH THE TORNADO THREAT WILL PERSIST
   SWD INTO ERN NC...GREATEST THREAT APPEARS TO BE ACROSS VA PORTION OF
   WW 833 NEXT COUPLE HOURS.
   
   ..DIAL.. 09/17/2004
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...AKQ...MHX...LWX...RAH...
   
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