Tornado Watch 899

Issued

Nov 24, 2004, 7:25 AM CST (13:25 UTC)

Expired

Nov 24, 2004, 1:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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• Mesoscale Discussion 2459Nov 24, 7:11 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2460Nov 24, 8:03 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2461Nov 24, 9:23 AM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 241325
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SPC WW 241325
GAZ000-241900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 899
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
825 AM EST WED NOV 24 2004

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

       CENTRAL AND WESTERN GEORGIA

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 825 AM UNTIL
200 PM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTA GEORGIA TO 50 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS 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 896...WW 897...WW 898...

DISCUSSION...INTENSE SQUALL LINE CONTINUES TO TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS
AL...AND WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF GA IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 
VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES ARE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AHEAD OF AND
EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LINE...CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.


...HART

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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.