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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 62
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WW0062 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 62
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1240 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1240 AM UNTIL 800 AM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF LA
   GRANGE GEORGIA TO 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MACON GEORGIA.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
   DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 61...
   
   DISCUSSION...AN ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
   EASTWARD OUT OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...THROUGH MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
   NORTHERN GEORGIA OVERNIGHT.  DESPITE A RESIDUAL STABLE NEAR SURFACE
   LAYER...AS A SOUTHERLY 850 MB JET INTENSIFIES IN EXCESS OF 50
   KTS...STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL SHEAR COULD CONTRIBUTE TO A RISK FOR
   POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SURFACE GUSTS...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL. 
   THIS COULD IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA BY
   06-07Z.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 25045.
   
   
   ...KERR
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