SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 87

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.

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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

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