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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 17

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

535 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  East and Northeast Georgia

  Western North Carolina

  Western South Carolina



* Effective this Saturday afternoon from 535 PM until Midnight

  EST.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A well-organized/fast-moving line of storms will continue

to steadily progress east-northeastward across the region this

evening. Damaging winds and a couple of tornadoes will be possible

within a weak instability/high shear scenario.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles

east and west of a line from 30 miles east northeast of Hot Springs

NC to 50 miles west southwest of Vidalia GA. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 15...WW 16...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 26045.



...Guyer

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