Mesoscale Discussion issued issued at 6:13 PM on May 18, 1995

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SELS MESOSCALE DISCUSSION FOR ...ERN KY/ERN TN/NERN AND CNTRL
AL/NRN GA... 
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...

SVR WX/TORNADO OUTBREAK HAS BEEN IN PROGRESS ACRS PTNS OF THE LWR
OH AND TN VLYS INTO THE LWR MS VLY DURG THE PAST 3 TO 4 HRS. ACTVTY
IS OCRG IN A RGN OF VERY UNSTBL AIR AND STG SPD SHEAR. LTST MDL
DATA FROM THE RAPID UPDATE CYCLE SUGGESTS THAT THE ACTVTY WILL BE
MOVG EWD DURG THE NXT 3 TO 6 HRS EXTDG ALG THE WRN SIDE OF THE
APPALACHIAN CHAIN WITH HELICITY VALUES BTWN 300 AND 400 M2/S2.

WE ARE CURRENTLY MONITORING AREAS FM CNTRL AND ERN AL INTO NRN GA
FOR PSBL WW.

..MCCARTHY.. 05/18/95