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Mesoscale Discussion 1910
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1910
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0207 PM CDT THU SEP 30 2010
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...ERN NC
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY 
   
   VALID 301907Z - 302100Z
   
   CORRECTED TO CHANGE ILN TO ILM IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH
   
   ROTATING CONVECTIVE CELLS CONTINUE MOVING NWWD ACROSS THE GULF
   STREAM TOWARD/ONTO THE NC COAST.
   
   LATEST RADAR LOOP REVEALS A COUPLE OF AREAS OF MESOSCALE LOW
   PRESSURE -- ONE SE OF ILM /WILMINGTON NC/ AND THE OTHER S OF MHX
   /MOREHEAD CITY NC/...BOTH MOVING NNWWD TOWARD THE NC COAST. 
   MEANWHILE...STORM-SCALE ROTATION IS ALSO EVIDENT WITHIN CELLULAR
   CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY E OF THESE TWO LARGER-SCALE CIRCULATIONS...WHICH
   CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE CAPE.  WHILE OVERALL TORNADO POTENTIAL
   REMAINS LOW AS MEAGER INSTABILITY -- CONFIRMED BY LACK OF
   APPRECIABLE LIGHTNING ACTIVITY -- HINDERS STRONGER CELLS. 
   NONETHELESS...WITH 0-1 KM SHEAR NEAR 40 KT PER LATEST KMHX WSR-88D
   VWP SUPPORTING THE STORM-SCALE UPDRAFT ROTATION...AN ISOLATED/BRIEF
   TORNADO REMAINS POSSIBLE.  WHILE THREAT APPEARS TO LOW TO WARRANT
   CONSIDERATION OF WW ISSUANCE ATTM...WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS
   AREA.
   
   ..GOSS.. 09/30/2010
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...AKQ...MHX...ILM...
   
   LAT...LON   33417766 33937810 35217754 36587652 36447560 35487530
               34337618 33417766 
   
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