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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 91
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
730 AM EDT Mon Mar 27 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Central Georgia
* Effective this Monday morning from 730 AM until 1100 AM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
A couple tornadoes possible
Isolated significant damaging wind gusts to 75 mph possible
SUMMARY...A couple supercells may persist along an outflow boundary
with a threat for brief tornadoes and locally damaging winds.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles
north and south of a line from 35 miles north northeast of Vidalia
GA to 50 miles west southwest of Macon GA. For a complete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU1).
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.
&&
AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean
storm motion vector 29030.
...Grams
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SAW1
WW 91 TORNADO GA 271130Z - 271500Z
AXIS..35 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
35NNE VDI/VIDALIA GA/ - 50WSW MCN/MACON GA/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 30NM N/S /60WNW SAV - 43WSW MCN/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1 INCH. WIND GUSTS..65 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29030.
LAT...LON 32158214 31918444 32938444 33168214
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU1.
Watch 91 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 91
VALID 271330Z - 271440Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.
..MOSIER..03/27/23
ATTN...WFO...FFC...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WT 91
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
GAC009-021-023-079-091-093-107-125-153-163-167-169-171-175-193-
207-225-235-263-269-283-289-293-303-319-271440-
GA
. GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BALDWIN BIBB BLECKLEY
CRAWFORD DODGE DOOLY
EMANUEL GLASCOCK HOUSTON
JEFFERSON JOHNSON JONES
LAMAR LAURENS MACON
MONROE PEACH PULASKI
TALBOT TAYLOR TREUTLEN
TWIGGS UPSON WASHINGTON
WILKINSON
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
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Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes
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Mod (30%)
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Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
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Low (20%)
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Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
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Mod (30%)
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Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
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Mod (30%)
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Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
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Low (10%)
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Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
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Low (10%)
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Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
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Mod (50%)
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For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The "Low" category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
"Moderate" from 30% to 60%, and "High" from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.
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