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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 12

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

850 AM EST MON JAN 23 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 850 AM UNTIL 400

PM EST.



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 55 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

COLUMBUS GEORGIA TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MACON 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 11...



DISCUSSION...A SMALL AREA OF W CNTRL GA MAY HAVE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLD

TORNADOES LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTN AS REGION

REMAINS BENEATH SRN FRINGE OF STRONG WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH

DEPARTING NEGATIVE TILT UPR TROUGH.  THE AREA OF GREATEST RISK FOR

TORNADOES SHOULD FOCUS BETWEEN EXISTING SW-NE BAND OF STORMS NOW

NEARING MGM...AND CONFLUENCE BAND MARKING ERN EDGE OF RICH MOISTURE

RETURN ATTM EXTENDING SSW FROM NEAR CSG.  THE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE

TO MOVE/DEVELOP ENEWD AS THE MOISTURE DISCONTINUITY DRIFTS SLOWLY E

WITH TIME.  MODEST SFC HEATING MAY COMPENSATE FOR DIMINISHING WIND

FIELD AND FORCING FOR ASCENT TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST A CONDITIONAL SVR

RISK S AND W OF WEDGE AIR MASS FIRMLY ENTRENCHED OVER CNTRL/ERN GA.



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 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...CORFIDI

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