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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 324

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

120 PM EDT Tue Jun 4 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Georgia

  Southern South Carolina

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 120 PM until

  800 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to

form across the watch area this afternoon, with the most intense

cells posing a risk of damaging wind gusts and hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles either side of a line from 45 miles west southwest of

Savannah GA to 40 miles northeast of Charleston SC. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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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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

30025.



...Hart

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