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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 632

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 632

[html]WW 632 SEVERE TSTM AL GA NC SC 172045Z - 180200Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 632
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
445 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northeast Alabama
  Northern Georgia
  Western North Carolina
  Western South Carolina

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 445 PM until
  1000 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A cluster of thunderstorms will spread eastward across the
watch area through the afternoon, posing a risk of locally damaging
wind gusts and hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles north
northwest of Anniston AL to 10 miles east northeast of Anderson SC.
For a co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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...c*NTINUE...WW 630...WW 631...

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
29025.

...Hart


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 632 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0632.html)