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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

825 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 825 AM UNTIL

200 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 45 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF AUBURN

ALABAMA TO 75 MILES EAST OF MACON GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 40...



DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST

CENTRAL AL WILL TRACK EASTWARD THIS MORNING INTO CENTRAL GA...IN

VICINITY OF RETREATING SURFACE WARM FRONT.  LATEST VAD WIND PROFILES

SUGGEST FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL AND DEEP LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR FOR A RISK

OF SUPERCELLS/TORNADOES...ALONG WITH LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND

HAIL.  AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO DESTABILIZE EASTWARD INTO EAST-CENTRAL

GA BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH A CONTINUED SEVERE THREAT.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.





...HART

