MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0103
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0334 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF ERN TN/ERN KY/S CENTRAL AND SERN OH/WRN
   WV/WRN VA
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 18...
   
   VALID 112134Z - 112300Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 18 CONTINUES.
   
   SEVERE POTENTIAL CONTINUES AHEAD OF ONGOING CONVECTIVE LINE.
   
   RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW A STRONGLY-FORCED LINE OF SHOWERS -- AND A
   FEW EMBEDDED LIGHTNING STRIKES -- MOVING EWD AT 50 KT ACROSS S
   CENTRAL OH/ERN KY/ERN TN...AND INTO WRN WV AND WRN VA.  WHILE
   LIGHTNING REMAINS ISOLATED/SPORADIC AT BEST...LINE REMAINS ORGANIZED
   ALONG THE FRONT -- INCLUDING EMBEDDED BOWS AND LEWPS.
   
   WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS/WIND DAMAGE CONTINUE -- BOTH IN
   CONJUNCTION WITH AND AWAY FROM THE CONVECTIVE LINE.  GIVEN
   EXCEPTIONALLY-STRONG DEEP-LAYER WIND FIELD...THE DAMAGING WINDS WILL
   LIKELY CONTINUE AS THIS SYSTEM SPREADS EWD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
   HOURS.
   
   ..GOSS.. 02/11/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...RNK...PBZ...RLX...CLE...GSP...MRX...JKL...ILN...
   
   LAT...LON   39368390 40148390 40548353 40528059 35418202 35388450
               36558382 38538366 39368390