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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 235

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

745 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT FROM 745 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST

OF ATLANTA GEORGIA TO 30 MILES NORTH OF VIDALIA GEORGIA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 231...WW 232...WW

233...WW 234...



DISCUSSION...LONG-LIVED CONVECTIVE SYSTEM NOW OVER NW GA HAS

WEAKENED RELATIVE TO EARLIER TODAY. BUT SYSTEM IS STILL ACCOMPANIED

BY A FAIRLY WELL-DEFINED MCV /NOW OVER NE AL/. AS LEADING EDGE OF

THE LATTER FEATURE OVERTAKES ARC OF COLD-POOL-DRIVEN STORMS W OF

ATL...THERE MAY BE AN ASSOCIATED TEMPORARY UPTICK IN STORM STRENGTH.

THIS INTERACTION...AND LOW-LVL INSTABILITY PATTERN...MAY RESULT IN A

SLIGHT RIGHT /SWD/ TURN TO OVERALL CONVECTIVE SYSTEM MOTION COMPARED

TO THE ESE MOTION OF EARLIER TODAY. AT ANY RATE...PRESENCE OF

RELATIVELY STEEP MID-LVL LAPSE RATES ON ERN FLANK OF SRN PLNS UPR

RIDGE AND WARM/MOIST LOW-LVL ENVIRONMENT OVER CNTRL GA SUGGEST A

CONTINUED THREAT FOR INTERMITTENT DMGG SFC GUSTS.



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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 30030.





...CORFIDI

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