SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 137

WW 137 SEVERE TSTM GA NC SC TN 102100Z – 110400Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 137
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
500 PM EDT Thu Apr 10 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northern and Central Georgia
  Far Southwest North Carolina
  Extreme Western South Carolina
  Eastern Tennessee

* Effective this Thursday afternoon from 500 PM until Midnight
  EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Scattered supercells should continue to pose some threat
for severe hail up to 1-1.75 inches in diameter through the rest of
the afternoon and into the evening. Damaging winds may also occur
with any clusters that can form, before convection eventually
weakens with eastward extent.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles north northwest
of Knoxville TN to 30 miles south southeast of Atlanta 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 135...WW 136...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
31035.

...Gleason

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