MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0258
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0725 AM CST FRI MAR 02 2007
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...SERN VA/E CENTRAL AND NERN NC
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 53...54...
   
   VALID 021325Z - 021500Z
   
   SEVERE/TORNADO THREAT PERSISTS ACROSS WW 53 PORTIONS OF WW 54.
   
   WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SERN
   VA AND INTO PARTS OF ERN NC...WITHIN MINIMALLY-UNSTABLE BUT VERY
   STRONGLY-SHEARED ENVIRONMENT.  FRONT CONTINUES MOVING TOWARD THE
   COAST...AND SHOULD MOVE OFFSHORE LATER THIS MORNING BRINGING AN END
   TO THE SEVERE THREAT.  IN THE MEAN TIME...A CONDITIONAL/LOW-
   PROBABILITY THREAT FOR A COUPLE OF ISOLATED -- BUT POTENTIALLY
   SIGNIFICANT -- DAMAGING WIND/TORNADO EVENTS WILL PERSIST.
   
   ..GOSS.. 03/02/2007
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...AKQ...MHX...RAH...ILM...
   
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