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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 10
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   445 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 445 PM UNTIL 1000
   PM EST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 55 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTA GEORGIA TO
   55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION
   OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
   WOU0).
   
   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 7...WW 8...WW 9...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP/INTENSIFY FROM
   EXTREME ERN AL INTO WRN GA THE NEXT FEW HOURS IN ADVANCE OF A MID
   LEVEL WAVE ROTATING EWD FROM AL TO GA. VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES AND
   BOUNDARY LAYER DEW POINTS IN THE 60S ARE CONTRIBUTING TO MODERATE
   INSTABILITY...WHILE DEEP LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR IS FAVORABLE FOR
   SUPERCELLS.  THE MOST COMMON SEVERE THREAT SHOULD BE VERY LARGE HAIL
    AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS.  THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT FOR A FEW
   TORNADOES WITH SUPERCELLS INTERACTING WITH THE RESIDUAL BAROCLINIC
   ZONE ACROSS CENTRAL GA...WHERE LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL BE ENHANCED.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON