Tornado Watch 67

Issued

Mar 27, 2011, 3:25 AM EDT (07:25 UTC)

Expired

Mar 27, 2011, 6:48 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

30%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

20%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

20%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

40%

• Mesoscale Discussion 289Mar 27, 12:21 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 291Mar 27, 3:03 AM EDT

767 
WWUS20 KWNS 270729
SEL7
SPC WW 270729
GAZ000-271500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
325 AM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011

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

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 325 AM UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.

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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
COLUMBUS GEORGIA TO 55 MILES EAST OF VIDALIA GEORGIA.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 65...WW 66...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH
LATER THIS MORNING ALONG WNW-ESE ORIENTED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY/FRONT
OVER CNTRL GA AND THE SRN SC.  ORIENTATION OF BOUNDARY RELATIVE TO
DEEP SHEAR...AND MOIST/PERSISTENT WSW LOW-LVL FLOW...SUGGEST
POTENTIAL FOR OCCASIONAL EPISODES OF ENHANCED LOW-LVL STORM
ROTATION/POSSIBLE TORNADOES AS UPDRAFTS REMAIN IN REGION OF ENLARGED
LOW-LVL HODOGRAPHS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS.  RIDGING ALOFT UPSTREAM
OVER LA/MS...PER SATELLITE IMAGERY...SUGGESTS THAT WRN EDGE OF
SFC-BASED STORM POTENTIAL SHOULD EDGE FARTHER EWD INTO GA AND AWAY
FROM AL WITH TIME...THEREBY MARKING WRN END OF SVR THREAT.

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 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29040.


...CORFIDI

Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2011Every tornado watch in 2011

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.