URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 145 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 545 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN GEORGIA EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 545 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ATLANTA GEORGIA TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA GRANGE GEORGIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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 141...WW 142...WW 143...WW 144... DISCUSSION...AN ISOLATED SUPERCELL HAS RECENTLY INTENSIFIED NEAR THE WARM FRONT ACROSS N GA...WHILE OTHER STORMS ARE INCREASING SLOWLY JUST W OF THE ERN AL/GA BORDER. BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 50-LOWER 60S WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT SBCAPE OF AT LEAST 500-1000 J/KG...WHILE THE ATLANTA VWP SHOWS A WIND PROFILE CONDUCIVE TO SUPERCELLS WITH A RISK FOR TORNADOES. OTHERWISE...ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
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