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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 322
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
640 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Western North Carolina and Piedmont
  Upstate South Carolina

* Effective this Sunday evening from 640 PM until 1100 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Widely scattered thunderstorms are forecast to pose a
strong to severe thunderstorm risk this evening.  Strong mid-level
flow will support supercell development with the stronger updrafts.
Large hail and severe gusts (55-70 mph) are the primary hazards with
the stronger storms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles northwest of
Anderson SC to 25 miles southeast of Charlotte NC. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 316...WW 317...WW
318...WW 319...WW 320...WW 321...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
25030.

...Smith