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WWUS20 KWNS 110314

SEL7

SPC WW 110314

GAZ000-110800-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 137

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1110 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1110 PM

UNTIL 400 AM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 30 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST OF ALBANY

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

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 134...WW 135...WW 136...



DISCUSSION...ONGOING SUPERCELLS CONTINUE MOVING ESEWD ACROSS SRN GA

ATTM...WITHIN AMPLY-UNSTABLE/STRONGLY-SHEARED ENVIRONMENT.  WHILE AN

INCREASE IN SHORT-WAVE RIDGING AS THE UPPER SYSTEM PASSES BY WELL TO

THE N OF THIS REGION SHOULD RESULT IN A SLOW DECREASE IN SEVERE

POTENTIAL LATER TONIGHT...THE THREAT FOR LARGE

HAIL...LOCALLY-DAMAGING WINDS...AND A COUPLE OF STRONG TORNADOES

WILL PERSIST FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29040.





...GOSS

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