WW 90 SEVERE TSTM GA 270010Z – 270500Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 90
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
810 PM EDT Sun Mar 26 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
West central Georgia
* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 810 PM
until 100 AM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Clusters of storms, including both left- and right-moving
supercells, will likely persist for the next several hours with an
attendant threat for large hail up to 2 inches in diameter. The
potential for damaging winds and a tornado or two will increase some
later tonight, as storm clusters move eastward from Alabama into
western Georgia.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 10 miles west northwest
of La Grange GA to 55 miles east of Atlanta GA. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 88...WW 89...
AVIATION...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 500. Mean storm motion vector
23035.
...Thompson
