ETA about 2PM EDT
Posted by JAC on 4/27/2011, 12:46 pm



MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0621
  NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
  1139 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
 
  AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHEAST TN/NORTHERN AL INTO FAR WESTERN
  NC/EXTREME NORTHWEST GA
 
  CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 229...230...231...
 
  VALID 271639Z - 271745Z
 
  THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH
  229...230...231...CONTINUES.
 
  DAMAGING WINDS/ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL REMAIN A CONCERN ACROSS
  NORTHEAST AL AND FAR SOUTH-CENTRAL TN INTO EASTERN TN AND EVENTUALLY
  FAR WESTERN NC/PERHAPS FAR NORTHWEST GA.
 
  A NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST ORIENTED SEVERE QUASI-LINEAR MCS CONTINUES TO
  GROW UPSCALE/ORGANIZE AND ACCELERATE...CENTERED ALONG THE MIDDLE
  TN/NORTH-CENTRAL AL BORDER AS OF 1630Z. IN ADDITION TO RECENT
  TORNADO REPORTS...MEASURED SEVERE WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN NOTED AT
  LOCATIONS SUCH AS MUSCLE SHOALS AL /52 KT/ AND COURTLAND AL /53 KT/.
  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE A MARKED CONCERN...WITH TORNADOES
  POSSIBLE AS WELL VIA EVOLVING EMBEDDED MESO-VORTICES AMID A SRH-RICH
  ENVIRONMENT. AFTER A MORE IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON THE HUNTSVILLE
  AREA...THESE STORMS SEEM LIKELY TO REACH THE CHATTANOOGA VICINITY
  BEFORE 18Z /2PM LOCAL TIME/. AN ADDITIONAL WATCH IS NOT CURRENTLY
  ANTICIPATED FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST GA DUE TO SMALL AREAL EXTENT OF
  THE GA THREAT.
 
  ..GUYER.. 04/27/2011





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