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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 592

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 592

[html]WW 592 SEVERE TSTM NC SC VA 031810Z - 040100Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 592
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
210 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Central North Carolina
  Central South Carolina
  Central Virginia

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 210 PM until
  900 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are increasing in a corridor from central
Virginia into central South Carolina. These storms will track
northeastward through the afternoon, posing a risk of locally
damaging wind gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles north of
Richmond VA to 65 miles south southwest of Charlotte NC. 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 591...

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
25025.

...Hart


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 592 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0592.html)