MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0243
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0241 PM CST THU MAR 01 2007
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...MIDDLE TN...MUCH OF MS...AL...GA...FL
   PANHANDLE...AND WRN SC
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 44...46...
   
   VALID 012041Z - 012215Z
   
   THREAT FOR TORNADOES CONTINUES OVER THE REMAINING PARTS OF WW 44 AND
   46 WITH GREATEST THREAT FOR STRONG TORNADOES NEXT FEW HOURS FROM ERN
   MS THROUGH NCNTRL...CNTRL AND SRN AL...THE FL PANHANDLE AND PARTS OF
   WRN GA.
   
   A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM WRN TN SWD THROUGH EXTREME WRN MS INTO
   SERN LA AND IS MOVING EAST. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO ADVECT
   NWD THROUGH PRE-FRONTAL WARM SECTOR INTO MUCH OF THE SERN STATES.
   LOWER 60S DEWPOINTS HAVE SPREAD AS FAR N AS NRN AL WITH UPPER 60S
   FROM SERN MS THROUGH SRN AND CNTRL AL INTO THE FL PANHANDLE. AN AXIS
   OF MLCAPE NEAR 1000 J/KG EXTENDS FROM THE FL PANHANDLE NWD INTO
   CNTRL AND SRN AL AND ERN MS WITH MORE MARGINAL INSTABILITY FARTHER N
   IN WRN AND MIDDLE TN. VERY STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR WITH LARGE LOW
   LEVEL HODOGRAPHS PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WARM SECTOR. THE BEST
   COMBINATION OF LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND INSTABILITY CURRENTLY EXISTS FROM
   ERN MS...N CNTRL THROUGH SRN AL INTO THE FL PANHANDLE. STORMS
   DEVELOPING IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WILL POSE THE GREATEST THREAT FOR
   STRONG TORNADOES NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
   
   ..DIAL.. 03/01/2007
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...FFC...TAE...BMX...HUN...MOB...MEG...JAN...
   
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