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Tornado Watch 12
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WW0012 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Low Very Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 12
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   850 AM EST MON JAN 23 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 850 AM UNTIL 400
   PM EST.
   
   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 55 STATUTE
   MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
   COLUMBUS GEORGIA TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MACON GEORGIA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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 11...
   
   DISCUSSION...A SMALL AREA OF W CNTRL GA MAY HAVE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLD
   TORNADOES LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTN AS REGION
   REMAINS BENEATH SRN FRINGE OF STRONG WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH
   DEPARTING NEGATIVE TILT UPR TROUGH.  THE AREA OF GREATEST RISK FOR
   TORNADOES SHOULD FOCUS BETWEEN EXISTING SW-NE BAND OF STORMS NOW
   NEARING MGM...AND CONFLUENCE BAND MARKING ERN EDGE OF RICH MOISTURE
   RETURN ATTM EXTENDING SSW FROM NEAR CSG.  THE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE
   TO MOVE/DEVELOP ENEWD AS THE MOISTURE DISCONTINUITY DRIFTS SLOWLY E
   WITH TIME.  MODEST SFC HEATING MAY COMPENSATE FOR DIMINISHING WIND
   FIELD AND FORCING FOR ASCENT TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST A CONDITIONAL SVR
   RISK S AND W OF WEDGE AIR MASS FIRMLY ENTRENCHED OVER CNTRL/ERN GA.
   
   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 25040.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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