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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 188

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 188

[html]WW 188 SEVERE TSTM FL GA SC CW 061945Z - 070200Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 188
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
345 PM EDT Fri May 6 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northeast Florida
  Eastern Georgia
  South Carolina
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 345 PM until
  1000 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Clusters of storms will continue to progress
east-northeastward across eastern/southern Georgia into South
Carolina and northeast Florida. Damaging winds and large hail are
the primary concerns.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles northwest of
Florence SC to 40 miles west southwest of Jacksonville FL. For a
co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 184...WW 185...WW
186...WW 187...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
24030.

...Guyer


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 188 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0188.html)