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Tornado Watch 41
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   825 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 825 AM UNTIL
   200 PM EST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 45 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF AUBURN
   ALABAMA TO 75 MILES EAST OF MACON GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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 40...
   
   DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST
   CENTRAL AL WILL TRACK EASTWARD THIS MORNING INTO CENTRAL GA...IN
   VICINITY OF RETREATING SURFACE WARM FRONT.  LATEST VAD WIND PROFILES
   SUGGEST FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL AND DEEP LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR FOR A RISK
   OF SUPERCELLS/TORNADOES...ALONG WITH LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND
   HAIL.  AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO DESTABILIZE EASTWARD INTO EAST-CENTRAL
   GA BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH A CONTINUED SEVERE THREAT.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.
   
   
   ...HART
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