WW 607 SEVERE TSTM GA NC SC 072030Z – 080400Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 607
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
430 PM EDT Mon Aug 7 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Central and Eastern Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
* Effective this Monday afternoon from 430 PM until Midnight EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Widespread damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 75 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Storms may intensify and become severe initially across
central Georgia into the South Carolina Piedmont, but more so,
well-organized linear cluster of storms ongoing late this afternoon
across northern Georgia and the western Carolinas will steadily move
eastward through this evening. Widespread damaging winds are
expected.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles northeast of
Rocky Mount NC to 15 miles east southeast of Macon GA. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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...WW 604...WW 605...WW 606...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
27035.
...Guyer
