[BNAWX] Severe Storm Outlook Narrative

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Sat May 20 15:39:58 CDT 2006


ACUS11 KWNS 202038
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 202038
NCZ000-SCZ000-GAZ000-TNZ000-ALZ000-202215-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0907
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0338 PM CDT SAT MAY 20 2006

AREAS AFFECTED...ERN TN...NERN AL...NRN GA...SRN NC...SC

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 366...368...

VALID 202038Z - 202215Z

NUMEROUS SUPERCELL STORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL ACROSS ERN
TN...NRN GA...NWRN SC AND SCNTRL NC THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS
SHOULD CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST/SOUTHEAST ACROSS WATCHES 366 AND 368
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

VERY UNSTABLE AND WEAKLY CAPPED AIR MASS CONTINUES TO FUEL VIGOROUS
CONVECTION ACROSS THE SRN APPALACHIANS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MOST
INTENSE ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING COINCIDENT WITH WEAK DISTURBANCES
SITUATED ALONG A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT FROM THE SRN TN/NRN GA
BORDER AREA...EWD ACROSS UPSTATE SC...AND THEN NEWD TO THE NC
PIEDMONT. WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF STORM SPLITS ACROSS
THESE AREAS...IT APPEARS THAT MODEST WLY FLOW JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE
HAS ENHANCED LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND FAVORED THE PERSISTENCE OF
RIGHT-MOVING STORMS.

ONE OF THE MORE PERSISTENT SUPERCELLS WAS NOW MOVING TOWARD NRN
LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NERN GA. THIS CELL PRODUCED BASEBALL HAIL EARLIER
OVER SERN TN. ON ITS CURRENT TRACK THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE SEVERE
WEATHER IN PARTS OF HALL COUNTY BEFORE 22Z/6PM EDT. ADDITIONAL
STORMS DEVELOPING WEST OF THIS STORM MAY BEGIN TO MOVE OUT OF WATCH
366 OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS. THIS MAY REQUIRE A NEW WATCH...OR LOCAL
EXTENSION OF WATCH 366...ACROSS PORTIONS OF NRN GA.

..CARBIN.. 05/20/2006

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...RAH...ILM...CHS...CAE...GSP...MRX...FFC...OHX...HUN...

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