Tornado Watch 705

Issued

Sep 26, 2002, 12:15 PM EDT (16:15 UTC)

Expired

Sep 26, 2002, 7:00 PM EDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 261620
SEL5  
SPC WW 261615
GAZ000-262300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 705
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1215 PM EDT THU SEP 26 2002

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

   CENTRAL GEORGIA                            

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1215 PM UNTIL
700 PM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA
TO 90 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MACON 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 703...WW 704

DISCUSSION...SURFACE WARM FRONT IS WELL DEFINED FROM JUST NORTH OF
AGS WSWWD TO NEAR CSG...WITH A VERY MOIST BOUNDARY ACROSS THE WARM
SECTOR.  THIS FRONT WILL LIFT SLOWLY NWD THROUGH THE DAY...WITH
SUFFICIENT HEATING FOR MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY NEAR THE
FRONT BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  GIVEN THE INCREASING LOW AND MID
LEVEL SHEAR ALONG ERN EXTEND OF WIND FIELDS ASSOCIATED WITH T.S.
ISIDORE...THE THREAT OF A FEW TORNADOES AND/OR ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE
WILL ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THIS REGION TODAY.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH...EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 17035.


...EVANS

331,0850 340,0821 321,0821 312,0850

Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2002Every tornado watch in 2002

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.