WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 175

WWUS20 KWNS 200053
SEL5
SPC WW 200053
GAZ000-200700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 175
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
855 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2009

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 855 PM UNTIL
300 AM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 55 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
ROME GEORGIA TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MACON GEORGIA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 173...WW 174...

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS OVER AL WILL CONTINUE INTO NWRN GA THIS
EVENING AS SHEAR PROFILES REMAIN FAVORABLE. WHILE AIR MASS IS ONLY
MARGINALLY UNSTABLE...GIVEN THE LARGE SCALE ASCENT AND SHEAR IN
ADVANCE OF UPPER TROUGH...EXISTING SUPERCELLS INCLUDING THREAT OF
TORNADOES WILL PERSIST FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS AS THEY TRACK EWD
ACROSS WRN GA.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.

...HALES

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