MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0402
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0710 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...EXTREME SOUTHEAST MO/FAR SOUTHERN IL/WESTERN KY/FAR
   NORTHWEST TN
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY 
   
   VALID 010010Z - 010115Z
   
   AN ISOLATED TORNADO/WIND DAMAGE THREAT MAY EXIST OVER THE NEXT FEW
   HOURS NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI/OHIO RIVER CONJUNCTION ACROSS FAR
   SOUTHEAST MO/FAR SOUTHERN IL/FAR NORTHWEST TN INTO WESTERN KY. WILL
   CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR...HOWEVER THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE
   THREAT SUGGESTS A WATCH MAY NOT BE NEEDED.
   
   SEVERE STORM IN NEW MADRID COUNTY MO HAS RECENTLY INTENSIFIED OVER
   THE PAST 15 MINUTES. THIS CELL...AND PERHAPS ADDITIONAL STORMS...MAY
   CONTINUE TO EXHIBIT LOW LEVEL ROTATION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS
   WITHIN A HIGH SRH ENVIRONMENT. VAD WIND PROFILER DATA FROM PADUCAH
   AND THE BLOOMFIELD MO PROFILER SUPPORTS 0-1 KM SRH IN EXCESS OF 300
   MS/S2...SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS/LOW LEVEL MESOCYCLONES EVEN IN A
   MARGINALLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT.
   
   ..GUYER.. 04/01/2007
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...PAH...MEG...
   
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