Tornado Watch 52

Issued

Mar 25, 2021, 7:46 PM EDT (23:46 UTC)

Expired

Mar 26, 2021, 3:42 AM EDT

In force

8 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

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

30%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

10%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

10%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

50%

• Mesoscale Discussion 260 Severe potential...watch possibleMar 25, 5:31 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 268 Tornado watch 52Mar 25, 11:26 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 269 Tornado watch 52Mar 26, 12:34 AM EDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 52
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
745 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  West-central and north Georgia

* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 745 PM
  until 200 AM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Clusters with embedded supercells should progress
east-northeast from northwest Georgia and east-central Alabama.
Primary threat will be tornadoes, particularly near the surface warm
front in north Georgia and with any semi-discrete supercells
progressing into west-central Georgia.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles
east and west of a line from 95 miles north northeast of Atlanta GA
to 15 miles southeast of La Grange GA. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU2).

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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 50...WW 51...

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 23040.

...Grams

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.