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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 175

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

855 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 855 PM UNTIL

300 AM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

ROME GEORGIA TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MACON GEORGIA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 173...WW 174...



DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS OVER AL WILL CONTINUE INTO NWRN GA THIS

EVENING AS SHEAR PROFILES REMAIN FAVORABLE.  WHILE AIR MASS IS ONLY

MARGINALLY UNSTABLE...GIVEN THE LARGE SCALE ASCENT AND SHEAR IN

ADVANCE OF UPPER TROUGH...EXISTING SUPERCELLS INCLUDING THREAT OF

TORNADOES WILL PERSIST FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS AS THEY TRACK EWD

ACROSS WRN GA.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.





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