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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 235
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WW0235 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 235
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   440 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 440 PM UNTIL 800
   PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF
   ROME GEORGIA TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MACON GEORGIA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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 233...WW 234...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERE SQUALL LINE CONTINUES EAST ACROSS ERN AL AND
   WILL MOVE INTO WESTER AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF GA THIS EVENING. WHILE
   SOME PORTIONS OF THE LINE HAVE EXHIBITED A WEAKENING TREND...LARGE
   SCALE FORCING FRO ASCENT AND AXIS OF MODEST INSTABILITY ACROSS MUCH
   OF GA SHOULD CONTINUE TO AID STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSING
   PRIMARILY A THREAT FROM DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   ISOLATED LONG-LIVED SUPERCELL AHEAD OF THE LINE WILL ALSO CONTINUE
   TO TRACK ALONG LOW LEVEL FRONTAL/THERMAL ZONE AND INTO POLK COUNTY
   SHORTLY. THIS CELL HAS EXHIBITED ROTATION AT TIMES AND A NARROW
   CORRIDOR WEAK/ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT MAY CONTINUE WITH THIS CELL.
   
   HOWEVER...LARGER AREAL AND TEMPORAL THREAT WILL BE FROM
   STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AS THE VERY LONG-LIVED LINEAR MCS MOVES EAST.
   
   AVIATION...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 26040.
   
   
   ...CARBIN
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