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WWUS20 KWNS 230734

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SPC WW 230734

GAZ000-231300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 732

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

330 AM EDT TUE OCT 23 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       FAR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 330 AM UNTIL 900 AM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

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



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 25 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

ROME GEORGIA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF LA GRANGE GEORGIA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 731...



DISCUSSION...QUASI-LINEAR MCS WILL CONTINUE NEWD FOR SVRL MORE HOURS

WITH ATTENDANT SVR THREAT REACHING INTO WRN GA BEFORE DIMINISHING AS

IT INGESTS MORE STABLE AIR OVER CENTRAL GA.  ISOLATED TORNADOES AND

WIND DAMAGE MAY ACCOMPANY THE MORE INTENSE ROTATIONAL COUPLETS WITH

THIS ACTIVITY.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22540.





...EVANS

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