SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 216

WW 216 SEVERE TSTM GA 022135Z – 030300Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 216
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
535 PM EDT Fri May 2 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northwest Georgia

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 535 PM until
  1100 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Clusters of storms will spread eastward from northern
Alabama into northwest Georgia through late evening with the
potential to produce occasional damaging gusts up to 65 mph and
large hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles north northeast
of Rome GA to 30 miles southeast of Rome GA. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 209...WW 210...WW
211...WW 212...WW 213...WW 214...WW 215...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27025.

...Thompson

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