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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 216
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
545 AM EDT THU MAY 9 2024
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
EXTREME WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 545 AM UNTIL
100 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...AN ORGANIZING COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD ASTRIDE AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM PRIOR
ACTIVITY. THIS WILL FOCUS A CORRIDOR OF DAMAGING-WIND POTENTIAL,
WITH A FEW TORNADOES AND ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
REST OF THE MORNING.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF ROME GA TO 55 MILES
EAST NORTHEAST OF MACON GA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH
SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 215...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 31035.
...EDWARDS
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