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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 52

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

745 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  West-central and north Georgia



* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 745 PM

  until 200 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Clusters with embedded supercells should progress

east-northeast from northwest Georgia and east-central Alabama.

Primary threat will be tornadoes, particularly near the surface warm

front in north Georgia and with any semi-discrete supercells

progressing into west-central Georgia.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles

east and west of a line from 95 miles north northeast of Atlanta GA

to 15 miles southeast of La Grange GA. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU2).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 50...WW 51...



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 500. Mean

storm motion vector 23040.



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