LOCATIONS
Northeast Georgia, Central and Western North Carolina, South Carolina, Coastal Waters
EFFECTIVE
This Wednesday afternoon from 315 PM until Midnight EDT.
THREATS
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts to 75 mph possible, Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible, Damaging wind gusts and some hail are possible
SITUATION
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).
PRECAUTIONS
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.