MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0222
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0215 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...LA/SRN AR/SWRN MS
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 42...
   
   VALID 252015Z - 252145Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 42 CONTINUES.
   
   SUMMARY...SEVERE/ISOLATED TORNADO POTENTIAL CONTINUES TO SLOWLY
   INCREASE ACROSS TORNADO WATCH 42.
   
   DISCUSSION...RADAR LOOP OVER THE PAST HOUR OR SHOW SHOWS A
   CONTINUED/SLOW INCREASE IN STORM INTENSITY/ORGANIZATION...WITH MORE
   PERSISTENT MESOCYCLONIC ROTATION WITHIN SEVERAL CELLS.  WITH THE
   PACIFIC COLD FRONT -- AND ASSOCIATED BACK EDGE OF THE CONVECTION --
   NOW PRIMARILY E OF THE SABINE RIVER...THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS TX. 
   HOWEVER...AS THE WARM SECTOR EXPANDS ACROSS LA AS THE WARM FRONT
   CONTINUES A SLOW NWD SHIFT...EXPECT SEVERE/TORNADO POTENTIAL TO
   CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
   
   ..GOSS.. 02/25/2013
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...JAN...LIX...LZK...LCH...SHV...
   
   LAT...LON   32969359 33239301 33269126 31489002 29298963 29159373
               30759359 32969359