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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 228

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

740 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHERN GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 740 AM UNTIL NOON 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 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

ROME GEORGIA TO 25 MILES WEST OF MACON GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 225...WW 226...WW 227...



DISCUSSION...LINE OF STORMS WITH EMBEDDED MESOCYCLONES AND LEWP

STRUCTURES WILL CONTINUE EWD THROUGH CNTRL AND NRN GA. INSTABILITY

DOWNSTREAM IS MARGINAL...BUT WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN LINE

NEXT FEW HOURS GIVEN STRONG STORM RELATIVE INFLOW. THREAT WILL EXIST

FOR DAMAGING WIND AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.



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 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26050.





...DIAL

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