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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 77

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

835 PM EDT Tue Mar 21 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central Georgia

  Most of South Carolina



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 835 PM

  until 200 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Clusters of strong to severe storms will move

east-southeast across the Savannah River Valley with a primary risk

of isolated to scattered damaging winds, along with isolated hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles either side of a line from 35 miles southwest of

Anderson SC to 35 miles south southeast of Orangeburg SC. 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 76...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

29040.



...Grams

