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SEL4
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 84
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
635 AM EDT Sun Mar 26 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Georgia
Central South Carolina
* Effective this Sunday morning and afternoon from 635 AM until
100 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph possible
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Supercells across west-central Georgia will spread east
and likely grow upscale into a forward-propagating MCS across the
Savannah Valley towards midday.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles west southwest
of Vidalia GA to 25 miles west northwest of Columbia SC. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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 81...WW 82...WW 83...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27035.
...Grams
Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW4
WW 84 SEVERE TSTM GA SC 261035Z - 261700Z
AXIS..70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
25WSW VDI/VIDALIA GA/ - 25WNW CAE/COLUMBIA SC/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 60NM E/W /33NNW AMG - 27WNW CAE/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..65 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.
LAT...LON 32058396 34068275 34068030 32058157
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU4.
Watch 84 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #3 ON WW 84
VALID 261630Z - 261740Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 N MCN TO
25 WNW OGB TO 10 E FLO.
..MOORE..03/26/23
ATTN...WFO...FFC...CHS...CAE...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 84
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
GAC033-107-125-163-165-245-251-261740-
GA
. GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BURKE EMANUEL GLASCOCK
JEFFERSON JENKINS RICHMOND
SCREVEN
$$
SCC005-009-011-027-075-261740-
SC
. SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALLENDALE BAMBERG BARNWELL
CLARENDON ORANGEBURG
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 84
VALID 261530Z - 261640Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 SSW AHN
TO 10 SSW CAE TO 35 NNW FLO.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 353
..MARSH..03/26/23
ATTN...WFO...FFC...CHS...CAE...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 84
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
GAC033-073-107-125-163-165-189-237-245-251-301-261640-
GA
. GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BURKE COLUMBIA EMANUEL
GLASCOCK JEFFERSON JENKINS
MCDUFFIE PUTNAM RICHMOND
SCREVEN WARREN
$$
SCC003-005-009-011-017-027-061-075-079-085-261640-
SC
. SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
AIKEN ALLENDALE BAMBERG
BARNWELL CALHOUN CLARENDON
LEE ORANGEBURG RICHLAND
SUMTER
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 84
VALID 261130Z - 261240Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.
..GOSS..03/26/23
ATTN...WFO...FFC...CHS...CAE...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 84
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
GAC009-023-031-033-043-059-073-091-107-109-125-133-141-163-165-
167-175-181-189-209-211-219-221-235-237-245-251-265-267-271-279-
283-297-301-303-309-317-319-261240-
GA
. GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BALDWIN BLECKLEY BULLOCH
BURKE CANDLER CLARKE
COLUMBIA DODGE EMANUEL
EVANS GLASCOCK GREENE
HANCOCK JEFFERSON JENKINS
JOHNSON LAURENS LINCOLN
MCDUFFIE MONTGOMERY MORGAN
OCONEE OGLETHORPE PULASKI
PUTNAM RICHMOND SCREVEN
TALIAFERRO TATTNALL TELFAIR
TOOMBS TREUTLEN WALTON
WARREN WASHINGTON WHEELER
WILKES WILKINSON
$$
SCC003-005-009-011-017-027-037-055-061-063-065-075-079-081-085-
261240-
SC
. SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
AIKEN ALLENDALE BAMBERG
BARNWELL CALHOUN CLARENDON
EDGEFIELD KERSHAW LEE
LEXINGTON MCCORMICK ORANGEBURG
RICHLAND SALUDA SUMTER
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
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Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes
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Low (20%)
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Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
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Low (10%)
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Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
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Mod (50%)
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Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
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Mod (30%)
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Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
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Mod (50%)
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Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
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Mod (40%)
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Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
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High (80%)
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For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The "Low" category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
"Moderate" from 30% to 60%, and "High" from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.