WWUS20 KWNS 040048 SEL6 SPC WW 040048 GAZ000-040500- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 26 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 850 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2015 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN GEORGIA * EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 850 PM UNTIL 100 AM EDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF ROME GEORGIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 22...WW 23...WW 24...WW 25... DISCUSSION...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING OVER SRN MIDDLE TN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SEWD INTO NRN GA LATE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT WITH A RISK FOR ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME HAIL. 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 29030. ...MEAD