SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 574
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 574
[html]WW 574 SEVERE TSTM GA NC SC 302200Z - 310300Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 574
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
600 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northern Georgia
Western North Carolina
Upstate South Carolina
* Effective this Tuesday evening from 600 PM until 1100 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
SUMMARY...A line of thunderstorms over east Tennessee will cross the
mountains into northern Georgia and the western Carolinas this
evening. Locally damaging wind gusts are the main concern.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles southwest of
Chattanooga TN to 25 miles south southeast of Spartanburg SC. For a
co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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 570...WW 571...WW
572...WW 573...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
30030.
...Hart
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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 574 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0574.html)