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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 133

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1125 PM EDT MON APR 11 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1125 PM

UNTIL 500 AM EDT.



HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

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



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF AUGUSTA GEORGIA TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS

GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 131...WW 132...



DISCUSSION...ERN AL/NW GA QLCS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD INTO

CNTRL/ERN GA.  ALTHOUGH SYSTEM MAY FURTHER WEAKEN UPON ENCOUNTERING

SOMEWHAT LESS MOIST LOW-LVL AIR OVER CNTRL GA...PRESENCE OF EXISTING

LONG-LIVED UPDRAFTS AND ASSOCIATED COMPOSITE GUST FRONT SUGGEST THAT

AT LEAST A FEW SHORT BANDS OF STRONGER STORMS WILL PERSIST WITHIN

SQLN AS LWR MS VLY VORT MAX CONTINUES EWD TO PROVIDE LARGE SCALE

UVV.  AREA VWP DATA SHOW PROFILES STILL VERY CONDUCIVE TO

SUPERCELLS/LEWPS WITH DMGG WIND AND ISOLD TORNADOES.  BUT LIMITED

LOW-LVL BUOYANCY AND WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG GUST FRONT SHOULD...

OVERALL...KEEP SVR ACTIVITY SPORADIC.



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

TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 25050.





...CORFIDI

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