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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 459
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WW0459 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL9

   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
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