SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 635
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 635
[html]WW 635 SEVERE TSTM GA NC SC VA CW 181925Z - 190200Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 635
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
325 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Georgia
Central North Carolina
Central South Carolina
Southern Virginia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 325 PM until
1000 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are forming from central Virginia
into the western Carolinas. These storms will grow in number
through the afternoon, with several strong to severe storms
expected. Damaging winds are the primary threat.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles north northeast
of Richmond VA to 40 miles west of Columbia SC. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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 634...
AVIATION...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
27025.
...Hart
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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 635 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0635.html)