WW 78 SEVERE TSTM GA NC TN 250500Z – 250900Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 78 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 100 AM EDT Sat Mar 25 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northwest Georgia Extreme western North Carolina Eastern Tennessee * Effective this Saturday morning from 100 AM until 500 AM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...A squall line with embedded bowing segments will move eastward overnight, and reach eastern Tennessee and northwest Georgia. The primary threat with these storms will be damaging gusts, though a tornado or two will be possible with embedded circulations. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north northwest of Knoxville TN to 20 miles west southwest of Rome GA. For a complete 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...CONTINUE...WW 76...WW 77... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector 25055. ...Thompson
