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SEL2
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 422
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1040 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2019
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
northeast Alabama
northern Georgia
western North Carolina
Upstate South Carolina
* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 1040 PM
until 500 AM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorm activity is expected to be
maintained into the overnight hours along the southeastward
advancing, leading edge of cool outflow produced by the storms,
which may continue to be accompanied by a risk for potential
damaging wind gusts.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles west northwest
of Birmingham AL to 40 miles north of Athens GA. 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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 419...WW 420...WW 421...
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
31035.
...Kerr
SEL2
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 422
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1040 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2019
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
northeast Alabama
northern Georgia
western North Carolina
Upstate South Carolina
* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 1040 PM
until 500 AM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorm activity is expected to be
maintained into the overnight hours along the southeastward
advancing, leading edge of cool outflow produced by the storms,
which may continue to be accompanied by a risk for potential
damaging wind gusts.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles west northwest
of Birmingham AL to 40 miles north of Athens GA. 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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 419...WW 420...WW 421...
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
31035.
...Kerr
Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW2
WW 422 SEVERE TSTM AL GA NC SC 220240Z - 220900Z
AXIS..60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
20WNW BHM/BIRMINGHAM AL/ - 40N AHN/ATHENS GA/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 50NM N/S /9W VUZ - 10S ODF/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 31035.
LAT...LON 34548706 35408333 33658333 32818706
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU2.
Watch 422 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #3 ON WW 422
VALID 220650Z - 220740Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 NNW LGC
TO ATL TO 25 WSW AHN TO 10 NNE AHN.
..MOSIER..06/22/19
ATTN...WFO...BMX...FFC...GSP...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 422
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
GAC059-063-077-105-113-149-151-211-217-219-221-247-297-220740-
GA
. GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
CLARKE CLAYTON COWETA
ELBERT FAYETTE HEARD
HENRY MORGAN NEWTON
OCONEE OGLETHORPE ROCKDALE
WALTON
$$
SCC001-007-047-220740-
SC
. SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ABBEVILLE ANDERSON GREENWOOD
$$
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.
$$
STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 422
VALID 220440Z - 220540Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 NW BHM TO
25 NE GAD TO 15 NE RMG TO 50 ESE CHA TO 40 SW HSS TO 5 WSW HSS.
..LEITMAN..06/22/19
ATTN...WFO...BMX...FFC...GSP...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 422
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
ALC009-015-019-029-055-115-220540-
AL
. ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BLOUNT CALHOUN CHEROKEE
CLEBURNE ETOWAH ST. CLAIR
$$
GAC011-013-015-045-055-057-059-063-067-077-085-089-097-111-113-
115-117-119-121-123-129-135-137-139-143-149-151-157-187-195-211-
217-219-221-223-227-233-241-247-257-281-291-297-311-220540-
GA
. GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BANKS BARROW BARTOW
CARROLL CHATTOOGA CHEROKEE
CLARKE CLAYTON COBB
COWETA DAWSON DEKALB
DOUGLAS FANNIN FAYETTE
FLOYD FORSYTH FRANKLIN
FULTON GILMER GORDON
GWINNETT HABERSHAM HALL
HARALSON HEARD HENRY
JACKSON LUMPKIN MADISON
MORGAN NEWTON OCONEE
OGLETHORPE PAULDING PICKENS
POLK RABUN ROCKDALE
STEPHENS TOWNS UNION
WALTON WHITE
$$
NCC087-099-113-175-220540-
NC
. NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
HAYWOOD JACKSON MACON
TRANSYLVANIA
$$
SCC073-077-220540-
SC
. SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
OCONEE PICKENS
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 422
VALID 220340Z - 220440Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.
..LEITMAN..06/22/19
ATTN...WFO...BMX...FFC...GSP...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 422
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
ALC009-015-019-029-055-115-220440-
AL
. ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BLOUNT CALHOUN CHEROKEE
CLEBURNE ETOWAH ST. CLAIR
$$
GAC011-013-015-045-047-055-057-059-063-067-077-083-085-089-097-
111-113-115-117-119-121-123-129-135-137-139-143-149-151-157-187-
195-211-213-217-219-221-223-227-233-241-247-257-281-291-295-297-
311-313-220440-
GA
. GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BANKS BARROW BARTOW
CARROLL CATOOSA CHATTOOGA
CHEROKEE CLARKE CLAYTON
COBB COWETA DADE
DAWSON DEKALB DOUGLAS
FANNIN FAYETTE FLOYD
FORSYTH FRANKLIN FULTON
GILMER GORDON GWINNETT
HABERSHAM HALL HARALSON
HEARD HENRY JACKSON
LUMPKIN MADISON MORGAN
MURRAY NEWTON OCONEE
OGLETHORPE PAULDING PICKENS
POLK RABUN ROCKDALE
STEPHENS TOWNS UNION
WALKER WALTON WHITE
WHITFIELD
$$
NCC075-087-099-113-173-175-220440-
NC
. NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
GRAHAM HAYWOOD JACKSON
MACON SWAIN TRANSYLVANIA
$$
SCC073-077-220440-
SC
. SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
OCONEE PICKENS
$$
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
|
Low (<5%)
|
Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
|
Low (<2%)
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Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
|
Mod (40%)
|
Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
|
Low (20%)
|
Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
|
Low (10%)
|
Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
|
Low (<5%)
|
Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
|
Mod (60%)
|
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.