Severe Thunderstorm Watch 109

Issued

Apr 24, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)

Expired

Apr 24, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

20%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

5%

Ten or more severe wind reports

60%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

60%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

20%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 422 Tornado watch 106Apr 24, 12:05 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 427 Severe thunderstorm watch 108...109Apr 24, 6:56 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 429 Severe potential...watch possibleApr 24, 7:47 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 430 Severe thunderstorm watch 110Apr 24, 9:02 PM EDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 241957
SEL9  
SPC WW 241957
GAZ000-250200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 109
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
400 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southwest Georgia

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 400 PM until
  1000 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter likely
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to intensify over southern
Alabama and track eastward into southwest Georgia.  Damaging winds
and hail appear to be the main threats, but there is some risk of a
tornado or two in the most intense cells.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles east northeast
of Columbus GA to 40 miles southwest of Moultrie GA. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 107...WW 108...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
25035.

...Hart

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, 2021Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2021

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.