Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation Msg
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 388
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
610 PM CDT Sat Jun 7 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Far Eastern Georgia
  Western and Central South Carolina

* Effective this Saturday evening from 610 PM until 1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

SUMMARY...A thunderstorm cluster will continue to move quickly
eastward across parts of western and central South Carolina over the
next several hours. Scattered damaging winds will be the main threat
with this activity before it eventually weakens later this evening.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles northwest of
Columbia SC to 25 miles southeast of Augusta GA. 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 386...WW 387...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27040.

...Gleason