MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0032
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1222 PM CST TUE JAN 08 2008
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...SRN IL/SRN INDIANA/WRN KY
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...TORNADO WATCH LIKELY 
   
   VALID 081822Z - 081945Z
   
   SEVERE THREAT SHOULD CONTINUE TO SLOWLY INCREASE OVER THE NEXT
   COUPLE OF HOURS N AND NE OF WW #0008.  NEW TORNADO WATCH WILL LIKELY
   BE REQUIRED.
   
   LATEST OBJECTIVE ANALYSES CONTINUE TO INDICATE ONLY WEAK INSTABILITY
   ACROSS SRN IL/SRN INDIANA/WRN KY...THOUGH WARM FRONT NOW
   STRENGTHENING ACROSS FAR SRN IL/WRN KY CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY NWD.
    AS UPPER 50S DEWPOINTS JUST S OF THIS BOUNDARY CONTINUE TO SPREAD
   NWD...EXPECT AT LEAST MINIMAL ADDITIONAL AIRMASS DESTABILIZATION.
   
   WHILE INSTABILITY IS A POSSIBLE LIMITING FACTOR...LOW-LEVEL SHEAR
   REMAINS VERY FAVORABLE...WITH AREA VWP/PROFILER DATA REVEALING
   SIGNIFICANT VEERING/INCREASING FLOW WITH HEIGHT ACROSS THIS REGION. 
   ONE STORM OVER FRANKLIN CO IL -- THOUGH LIKELY SLIGHTLY ELEVATED --
   HAS INCREASED OVER THE PAST HALF HOUR PER WSR-88D REFLECTIVITY
   DATA...WITH LOW-LEVEL ROTATION NOW INDICATED.  THIS INCREASING
   CONVECTIVE TREND SHOULD CONTINUE -- AND THUS EXPECT THE THREAT FOR
   SEVERE/SUPERCELL STORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES TO SLOWLY SPREAD NEWD
   INTO THE MCD AREA.
   
   ..GOSS.. 01/08/2008
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...ILN...LMK...IND...PAH...ILX...
   
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