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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0147
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0932 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
AREAS AFFECTED...SE LA...SRN MS...SRN AL...WRN FL
PANHANDLE...EXTREME SW GA
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 33...34...
VALID 110332Z - 110500Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 33...34...CONTINUES.
SUMMARY...EARLIER SUPERCELLS HAVE WEAKENED AND MOST NEW STORM
DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR ALONG AND TO THE COOL SIDE OF THE RAIN-COOLED
BOUNDARY FROM SE LA/SRN MS ACROSS SRN AL. THUS...THE TORNADO AND
DAMAGING WIND THREAT IS DIMINISHING /ASIDE FROM A NARROW CORRIDOR IN
SE MS/SW AL/...WITH TRAINING CONVECTION AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
BECOMING MORE OF A CONCERN.
DISCUSSION...THE INTENSE SUPERCELLS EARLIER THIS EVENING ACROSS SE
MS/SW AL HAVE WEAKENED...AND WARM SECTOR DEVELOPMENT HAS LIKEWISE
DIMINISHED AS SURFACE COOLING COMMENCES. ADDITIONALLY...THE LLJ HAS
VEERED GRADUALLY FROM SWLY TO WSWLY AS SPEEDS SLOWLY WEAKEN...AND
THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. STILL...THE COMBINATION OF
VERTICAL SHEAR AND BUOYANCY REMAINS SUFFICIENT FOR SOME TORNADO RISK
ALONG THE RAIN-COOLED BOUNDARY...PRIMARILY FROM LAMAR COUNTY MS TO
CLARKE COUNTY AL/.
IN THE LONGER TERM...THE SCENARIO IS BECOMING LESS SUPPORTIVE OF
LONG-LIVED SEVERE STORMS/TORNADOES...AND MORE SUPPORTIVE OF TRAINING
CONVECTION ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY TO THE COOL SIDE OF THE COMPOSITE
BOUNDARY NOW FROM OZR TO BETWEEN MOB/GZH TO NEAR BTR. THE UPSTREAM
FEED OF WEAK-MODERATE INSTABILITY FROM SRN LA WILL SUPPORT SOME RISK
FOR ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING GUSTS WITH SLIGHTLY ELEVATED
STORMS N OF THE BOUNDARY...BUT THAT RISK WILL BE MORE MARGINAL WITH
TIME AND PROBABLY WILL NOT WARRANT ADDITIONAL TORNADO WATCHES AFTER
05Z. MEANWHILE...THE STORMS PROGRESSING FROM SE AL INTO SW GA ARE
MOVING E OF THE UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR WELL BACK TO THE W/SW...AND THE
STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.
..THOMPSON/KERR.. 02/11/2013
ATTN...WFO...TAE...BMX...MOB...JAN...LIX...
LAT...LON 31178466 30908570 30708700 30638829 30379007 30359096
30439132 30789107 31518936 31768854 31938708 31738632
31708534 31808474 31678451 31418446 31178466
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