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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 275

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 275

[html]WW 275 SEVERE TSTM NC SC 262145Z - 270200Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 275
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
545 PM EDT Thu May 26 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Western North Carolina
  Western South Carolina

* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 545 PM until
  1000 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A mix of transient supercell structures and clusters
should spread north-northeast over the next few hours with a primary
threat of damaging winds and a brief tornado or two.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles east and west of a line from 70 miles northeast of
Hickory NC to 85 miles south southwest of Charlotte NC. 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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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 400. Mean storm motion vector
20035.

...Grams


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 275 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0275.html)