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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 16

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

150 AM EDT Tue Mar 20 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Eastern Georgia

  Southern South Carolina

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Tuesday morning from 150 AM until 900 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A thunderstorm complex is expected to proceed generally

southeastward either side of the Savannah River Valley to the

Atlantic, offering damaging winds and isolated hail.  An embedded

tornado cannot be ruled out.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles either side of a line from 50 miles west southwest of

Augusta GA to 50 miles east southeast of Savannah GA. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 15...



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 29035.





...Edwards

