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Mesoscale Discussion 495
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0495
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0709 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...SRN/CNTRL PARTS OF AL/GA AND THE FL PNHDL
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 142...143...
   
   VALID 150009Z - 150215Z
   
   THROUGH 01-02Z...THE GREATEST SUPERCELL/TORNADO THREAT WILL EXIST
   FROM FAR SERN AL INTO SWRN AND PERHAPS CNTRL GA.  ELSEWHERE...THE
   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 142...143...CONTINUES.
   
   COMPLEX MCS IS ONGOING AS OF 2355Z FROM NERN GA SWWD INTO SRN AL AND
   THE WRN FL PNHDL WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS /HP SUPERCELLS/ OVER
   RUSSELL/BARBOUR AND COFFEE/DALE COUNTIES IN SERN AL.  LATEST
   MESOANALYSIS INDICATES THAT RELATIVELY STRONG PRESSURE FALLS ARE
   OCCURRING AHEAD OF THESE MORE INTENSE STORMS OVER SERN AL WITH
   LATEST FT. RUCKER SHOWING A RESULTANT INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL SHEAR
   OVER THE LAST HOUR.  INDEED...KINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT HAS BECOME QUITE
   FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS GIVEN THE MOIST/UNSTABLE BOUNDARY
   LAYER WITH 0-1 KM SRH OF 300-350 M2/S2 AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEARS OF
   55-60 KT.
   
   DESPITE THE RELATIVELY COMPLEX NATURE OF ONGOING STORMS...POTENTIAL
   WILL EXIST FOR EMBEDDED LONG LIVED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF
   TORNADOES...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG.  THIS MORE FAVORABLE
   ENVIRONMENT APPEARS TO BE BOUND BY WARM FRONT /CURRENTLY EXTENDING
   FROM INTERSECTION WITH MCS NEAR OR S OF CSG ESEWD TO OFF THE SERN GA
   COAST/ SWD INTO WARM SECTOR OVER SWRN GA WHERE AIR MASS REMAINS
   FAVORABLY MOIST AND SURFACE WINDS HAVE MAINTAINED AN ELY COMPONENT.
   
   ..MEAD.. 04/15/2007
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...CHS...CAE...JAX...FFC...TAE...BMX...MOB...JAN...LIX...
   
   32948592 33308508 33898384 33808292 33378198 32508187
   31728214 31208232 30318233 30248293 29998360 29478460
   29118512 29768633 29768800 29828866 30278903 30518943
   31248938 32948736 
   
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