MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0882
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0513 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL/SOUTHERN GA INTO FAR SOUTHERN SC
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 304...305...
   
   VALID 111013Z - 111145Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 304...305...CONTINUES.
   
   SPECIFICALLY CONCERNING THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH
   304...AND TORNADO WATCH 305...ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTHERN GA INTO FAR
   SOUTHERN SC...THE LIKLIHOOD OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS/POSSIBLE
   DERECHO AND PERHAPS A FEW TORNADOES CONTINUES TO INCREASE.
   SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE APPEARS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS
   CENTRAL/SOUTHERN GA INTO SOUTHERN SC.
   
   VOLUMETRIC RADAR/MESOANALYSIS FEATURES THE EVOLUTION OF A
   WELL-ORGANIZED ASYMMETRIC SQUALL LINE ACROSS CENTRAL GA OVER THE
   PAST 1-2 HOURS...WITH A DEVELOPING BOW/MESOLOW NEARING THE MACON GA
   VICINITY AS OF 10Z. GIVEN THE INCREASING ORGANIZATION OF THIS
   QUASI-LINEAR MCS...AND WITH A MOIST AIRMASS EXISTING DOWNSTREAM
   ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTHERN GA INTO FAR SOUTHERN SC...AND STRONG
   VERTICAL SHEAR/STEEP LAPSE RATES ALREADY IN PLACE...WIDESPREAD
   WIND/POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE WILL EXIST EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS
   INCLUDES AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 16 IN A CORRIDOR FROM MACON TO
   SAVANNAH.
   
   ..GUYER/JEWELL.. 05/11/2008