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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

325 AM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 325 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 35 STATUTE

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

COLUMBUS GEORGIA TO 55 MILES EAST OF VIDALIA 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 65...WW 66...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH

LATER THIS MORNING ALONG WNW-ESE ORIENTED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY/FRONT

OVER CNTRL GA AND THE SRN SC.  ORIENTATION OF BOUNDARY RELATIVE TO

DEEP SHEAR...AND MOIST/PERSISTENT WSW LOW-LVL FLOW...SUGGEST

POTENTIAL FOR OCCASIONAL EPISODES OF ENHANCED LOW-LVL STORM

ROTATION/POSSIBLE TORNADOES AS UPDRAFTS REMAIN IN REGION OF ENLARGED

LOW-LVL HODOGRAPHS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS.  RIDGING ALOFT UPSTREAM

OVER LA/MS...PER SATELLITE IMAGERY...SUGGESTS THAT WRN EDGE OF

SFC-BASED STORM POTENTIAL SHOULD EDGE FARTHER EWD INTO GA AND AWAY

FROM AL WITH TIME...THEREBY MARKING WRN END OF SVR THREAT.



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 29040.





...CORFIDI

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