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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 491
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 491
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   345 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES 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 75
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH
   NORTHEAST OF MACON GEORGIA TO 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF VALDOSTA
   GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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 490...
   
   DISCUSSION...COMPLEX OF TSTMS AT ISSUANCE TIME OVER CENTRAL GA MAY
   CONTINUE TO EXPAND/INTENSIFY AS IT SHIFTS STEADILY SSEWD LATE
   TODAY/THIS EVENING.  AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR RECORD LEVELS
   IN ADVANCE OF THIS COMPLEX...WITH STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES
   FOSTERING STRONG/SEVERE DOWNDRAFTS.  ALONG WITH DAMAGING
   WINDS...ISOLATED LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR.
   
   AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 34035.
   
   
   ...EVANS
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