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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 162

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

350 PM EDT Sat May 11 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central Georgia



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 350 PM until

  800 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible



SUMMARY...Semi-organized line of thunderstorms may produce strong

wind gusts as it tracks northeast from southwest Georgia.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles south

southwest of Macon GA to 50 miles north of Vidalia GA. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 50 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector

22030.



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