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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 443

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

340 AM EDT Tue Aug 17 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Central to northeastern Georgia



* Effective this Tuesday morning and afternoon from 340 AM until

  100 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible



SUMMARY...Gradually increasing buoyancy and lift are occurring

northeast of the center of Fred, in an environment of favorable

low-level shear for supercells.  As such, the tornado potential has

increased over GA, and should continue to shift northward to

northeastward through mid/late morning in step with the motion of

the cyclone.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles

either side of a line from 25 miles west of Macon GA to 35 miles

northeast of Athens GA. For a complete depiction of the watch see

the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 0 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 14035.



...Edwards

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