WW 87 SEVERE TSTM GA NC SC 311530Z – 312300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 87 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1130 AM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central and Northern Georgia Western North Carolina Western and Central South Carolina * Effective this Monday morning and evening from 1130 AM until 700 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...A squall line will move into the Watch area with the primary hazard being damaging straight-line winds within bowing portions of the line. A brief tornado is also possible if a stronger embedded circulation in the squall line can develop. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 115 statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north of Greenville SC to 55 miles south southwest of Macon GA. 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 84...WW 85...WW 86... 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 450. Mean storm motion vector 27045. ...Smith