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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 218

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

100 PM EDT Mon Jun 25 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Extreme northeastern Georgia

  Western and southern North Carolina

  Northern South Carolina

  Eastern Tennessee

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 100 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are developing across eastern Tennessee and

these storms should increase in coverage/intensity through the

afternoon and grow into clusters and short line segments while

moving toward the western Carolinas with an attendant threat for

damaging winds.  Farther east, multicell and pulse-type severe

storms should form in the next few hours, with the threat for a few

damaging downbursts.  A couple of storm clusters could persist

beyond sunset across the Carolinas.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles west southwest

of Hot Springs NC to 45 miles northeast of Myrtle Beach SC. 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.



&&



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

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

29025.



...Thompson

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WWUS20 KWNS 251659

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GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-TNZ000-CWZ000-260200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 218

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

100 PM EDT Mon Jun 25 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Extreme northeastern Georgia

  Western and southern North Carolina

  Northern South Carolina

  Eastern Tennessee

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 100 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are developing across eastern Tennessee and

these storms should increase in coverage/intensity through the

afternoon and grow into clusters and short line segments while

moving toward the western Carolinas with an attendant threat for

damaging winds.  Farther east, multicell and pulse-type severe

storms should form in the next few hours, with the threat for a few

damaging downbursts.  A couple of storm clusters could persist

beyond sunset across the Carolinas.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles west southwest

of Hot Springs NC to 45 miles northeast of Myrtle Beach SC. 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.



&&



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

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

29025.



...Thompson

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