WW 596 SEVERE TSTM GA SC 061935Z – 070100Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 596 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 335 PM EDT Sun Aug 6 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northwest and Central Georgia Western South Carolina * Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 335 PM until 900 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible SUMMARY...Clusters of storms will continue to move generally eastward across the region within a moist/unstable environment, with damaging winds possible. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles north and south of a line from 10 miles northwest of La Grange GA to 15 miles south of Augusta GA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6). 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...CONTINUE...WW 595... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 28020. ...Guyer
