

766 

WWUS20 KWNS 252135

SEL5

SPC WW 252135

ALZ000-GAZ000-260300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 115

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

540 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

  CENTRAL GEORGIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 540 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF STORMS FORMING IN ERN AL AND WRN GA WILL

SPREAD EWD ACROSS CENTRAL GA THROUGH THIS EVENING.  THE STORM

ENVIRONMENT WILL SUPPORT SOME SUPERCELL STRUCTURES WITH AN ATTENDANT

RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF

AUBURN ALABAMA TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF VIDALIA GEORGIA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 111...WW 112...WW

113...WW 114...



AVIATION...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 27030.





...THOMPSON



705 

WWUS20 KWNS 252135

SEL5

SPC WW 252135

ALZ000-GAZ000-260300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 115

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

540 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

  CENTRAL GEORGIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 540 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF STORMS FORMING IN ERN AL AND WRN GA WILL

SPREAD EWD ACROSS CENTRAL GA THROUGH THIS EVENING.  THE STORM

ENVIRONMENT WILL SUPPORT SOME SUPERCELL STRUCTURES WITH AN ATTENDANT

RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF

AUBURN ALABAMA TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF VIDALIA GEORGIA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 111...WW 112...WW

113...WW 114...



AVIATION...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 27030.





...THOMPSON

