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WWUS20 KWNS 052228
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SPC WW 052228
SCZ000-CWZ000-060300-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 658
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
630 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY EVENING FROM 630 PM UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A LINEAR CLUSTER OF STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHWARD INTO THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING.
THE STRONGER WATER-LOADED DOWNDRAFTS WILL PROBABLY YIELD LOCALIZED
60 MPH GUSTS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED WIND DAMAGE.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 30
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES WEST OF
CHARLESTON SC TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SC. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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 656...WW 657...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW
CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
36015.
...SMITH
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