WW 604 SEVERE TSTM GA NC SC 071845Z – 080100Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 604
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
245 PM EDT Mon Aug 7 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northeast Georgia
Western North Carolina
Upstate South Carolina
* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 245 PM until
900 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Widespread damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 75 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Storms will continue to move eastward and intensify into
the region, with potentially widespread damaging winds as the most
common severe hazard through early evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles north northwest
of Charlotte NC to 30 miles south southwest of Anderson SC. For a
complete 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...CONTINUE...WW 599...WW 600...WW
601...WW 602...WW 603...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
27035.
...Guyer
