Tornado Watch 443

Issued

Aug 17, 2021, 3:45 AM EDT (07:45 UTC)

Expired

Aug 17, 2021, 1:00 PM EDT

In force

9 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

10%

Ten or more severe wind reports

10%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

5%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

20%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1542 Severe potential...watch possibleAug 17, 3:13 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1543 Tornado watch 443Aug 17, 8:22 AM EDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 443
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
340 AM EDT Tue Aug 17 2021

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Central to northeastern Georgia

* Effective this Tuesday morning and afternoon from 340 AM until
  100 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible

SUMMARY...Gradually increasing buoyancy and lift are occurring
northeast of the center of Fred, in an environment of favorable
low-level shear for supercells.  As such, the tornado potential has
increased over GA, and should continue to shift northward to
northeastward through mid/late morning in step with the motion of
the cyclone.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles
either side of a line from 25 miles west of Macon GA to 35 miles
northeast of Athens GA. For a complete depiction of the watch see
the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 0 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 14035.

...Edwards

Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2021Every tornado 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.