Tornado Watch 3

Issued

Jan 19, 2001, 11:15 AM EST (16:15 UTC)

Expired

Jan 19, 2001, 4:00 PM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

429 
WWUS9 KMKC 191556
SEL3  

SEL3  
MKC WW 191550
GAZ000-192100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 3
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1050 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2001

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA                            

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1115 AM UNTIL 400
PM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO
80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MACON GEORGIA TO 25
MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA.

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 2...

DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE MOVING RAPIDLY NEWD INTO WRN GA AHEAD OF
VIGOROUS UPPER TROUGH.  ROTATING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
DEVELOPED AHEAD OF LINE IN SERN AL AND WITH EXPECTED CONTINUED
HEATING/DESTABILIZATION ACROSS SRN GA...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
LIKELY WITH STORMS AHEAD OF LINE WHILE PRIMARY THREAT WITH LINE
WILL BE WIND DAMAGE.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH...EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...HALES

331,0823 303,0822 303,0845 331,0851

Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2001Every tornado watch in 2001

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.