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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 24

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1215 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1215 AM UNTIL 600 AM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST AL WILL TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS

PARTS OF GA OVERNIGHT.  CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED

INTENSE STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 30 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

COLUMBUS GEORGIA TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF VIDALIA GEORGIA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 22...WW 23...



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 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...HART

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