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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 486
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
250 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL INTO EASTERN GEORGIA
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM UNTIL
900 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY MOVE FROM
WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. SOME
OF THE MORE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL YIELD A RISK FOR STRONG TO
SEVERE GUSTS (50 TO 60 MPH) CAPABLE OF WIND DAMAGE. THIS ACTIVITY
WILL LIKELY DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF MACON
GA TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF ORANGEBURG SC. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION
OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU6).
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 485...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
0.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
27015.
...SMITH
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