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WWUS20 KWNS 240444

SEL2

SPC WW 240444

GAZ000-241200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 62

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1240 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1240 AM UNTIL 800 AM EDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60

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



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF LA

GRANGE GEORGIA TO 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MACON GEORGIA.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 61...



DISCUSSION...AN ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE

EASTWARD OUT OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...THROUGH MUCH OF CENTRAL AND

NORTHERN GEORGIA OVERNIGHT.  DESPITE A RESIDUAL STABLE NEAR SURFACE

LAYER...AS A SOUTHERLY 850 MB JET INTENSIFIES IN EXCESS OF 50

KTS...STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL SHEAR COULD CONTRIBUTE TO A RISK FOR

POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SURFACE GUSTS...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL.

THIS COULD IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA BY

06-07Z.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25045.





...KERR

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493 

WWUS20 KWNS 240444

SEL2

SPC WW 240444

GAZ000-241200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 62

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1240 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1240 AM UNTIL 800 AM EDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60

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



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF LA

GRANGE GEORGIA TO 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MACON GEORGIA.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 61...



DISCUSSION...AN ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE

EASTWARD OUT OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...THROUGH MUCH OF CENTRAL AND

NORTHERN GEORGIA OVERNIGHT.  DESPITE A RESIDUAL STABLE NEAR SURFACE

LAYER...AS A SOUTHERLY 850 MB JET INTENSIFIES IN EXCESS OF 50

KTS...STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL SHEAR COULD CONTRIBUTE TO A RISK FOR

POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SURFACE GUSTS...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL.

THIS COULD IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA BY

06-07Z.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25045.





...KERR

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