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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 235

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

440 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 440 PM UNTIL 800

PM EDT.



HAIL TO 1 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 65

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF

ROME GEORGIA TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MACON GEORGIA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 233...WW 234...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE SQUALL LINE CONTINUES EAST ACROSS ERN AL AND

WILL MOVE INTO WESTER AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF GA THIS EVENING. WHILE

SOME PORTIONS OF THE LINE HAVE EXHIBITED A WEAKENING TREND...LARGE

SCALE FORCING FRO ASCENT AND AXIS OF MODEST INSTABILITY ACROSS MUCH

OF GA SHOULD CONTINUE TO AID STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSING

PRIMARILY A THREAT FROM DAMAGING WINDS.



ISOLATED LONG-LIVED SUPERCELL AHEAD OF THE LINE WILL ALSO CONTINUE

TO TRACK ALONG LOW LEVEL FRONTAL/THERMAL ZONE AND INTO POLK COUNTY

SHORTLY. THIS CELL HAS EXHIBITED ROTATION AT TIMES AND A NARROW

CORRIDOR WEAK/ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT MAY CONTINUE WITH THIS CELL.



HOWEVER...LARGER AREAL AND TEMPORAL THREAT WILL BE FROM

STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AS THE VERY LONG-LIVED LINEAR MCS MOVES EAST.



AVIATION...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 26040.





...CARBIN

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