Tornado Watch 287

Issued

May 7, 2003, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)

Expired

May 7, 2003, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 830May 7, 6:29 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 832May 7, 7:32 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 071930
SEL7  
SPC WW 071930
GAZ000-080100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 287 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
330 PM EDT WED MAY 7 2003

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

       CENTRAL GEORGIA

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL
900 PM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST OF LA GRANGE GEORGIA TO 55
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATHENS 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 284...WW 285...WW 286...


DISCUSSION...SURFACE BOUNDARY APPEARS TO EXTEND FROM NRN SC EWD TO
NEAR THE ATL AREA INTO NRN AL.	HP SUPERCELL WILL LIKELY PERSIST FOR
SEVERAL MORE HOURS AS IT SHIFTS EWD ALONG STATIONARY SURFACE
BOUNDARY INTO NRN GA.  BHM/S 18Z SOUNDING INDICATED AIR MASS WITHIN
WARM SECTOR IS WEAKLY OR UNCAPPED...YET REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE. 
THUS...ISOLATED SUPERCELLS MAY ALSO INITIATE SOUTH OF THIS FRONT AS
IS NOW OCCURRING INTO CENTRAL AL/SERN MS.  LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS
THROUGH THE MID EVENING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 26035.


...EVANS

340,0851 342,0823 321,0823 315,0851

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.