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WWUS20 KWNS 150957

SEL6

SPC WW 150957

GAZ000-CWZ000-151500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 146

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

600 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 600 AM UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

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



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF VIDALIA

GEORGIA TO 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF WAYCROSS GEORGIA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 144. WATCH NUMBER 144 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

600 AM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 145...



DISCUSSION...BROKEN BAND OF STORMS ALONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM

CENTRAL INTO SE GA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  THOUGH INSTABILITY IS

LIMITED...VERTICAL SHEAR REMAINS SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS AND THE

POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO OR TWO...AS WELL AS A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS.



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 24040.





...THOMPSON

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