WW 459 SEVERE TSTM GA NC SC CW 251915Z – 260400Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 459 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 315 PM EDT Wed Jun 25 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northeast Georgia Central and Western North Carolina South Carolina Coastal Waters * Effective this Wednesday afternoon from 315 PM until Midnight EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts to 75 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...A very moist and unstable air mass is in place across the watch area this afternoon. Scattered thunderstorms will develop, tracking slowly southwestward through the evening. Damaging wind gusts and some hail are possible in the more intense cores. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90 statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles east northeast of Fayetteville NC to 20 miles northwest of Athens GA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9). 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 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 02025. ...Hart