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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 64

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

400 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL 900

PM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

ATLANTA GEORGIA TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATHENS GEORGIA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH

AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR

THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS

AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 63...



DISCUSSION...FAST MOVING BOW ECHO CONTINUES TO RACE NEWD ALONG WEDGE

FRONT TOWARDS METRO ATL ATTM.  DESPITE LACK OF MEASURABLE

SBCAPE...SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SUSTAIN A VERY ORGANIZED/INTENSE

STRUCTURE.  EXTREME LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL SUPPORT AT LEAST A RISK OF

ISOLATED TORNADOES WITH THIS SYSTEM...ALONG WITH MORE WIDESPREAD

DAMAGING WINDS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23045.





...EVANS

