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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 150

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

455 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Far east-central Georgia

  Southern North Carolina

  Central South Carolina



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 455 PM until

  900 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Multiple clusters should continue to pose a risk for

scattered damaging winds and isolated severe hail for a few more

hours across a portion of the Piedmont before weakening over the

coastal plain.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles southeast of

Augusta GA to 25 miles east northeast of Southern Pines NC. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 144...WW 145...WW

146...WW 147...WW 148...WW 149...



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 450. Mean storm motion vector

25030.



...Grams

