Severe Thunderstorm Watch 607

Issued

Aug 7, 2023, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)

Expired

Aug 7, 2023, 11:13 PM EDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

20%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

10%

Ten or more severe wind reports

90%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

20%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1882 Severe potential...watch likelyAug 7, 1:19 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1889 Severe potential...watch possibleAug 7, 3:59 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1891 Severe thunderstorm watch 601...604Aug 7, 4:32 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1894 Severe thunderstorm watch 607Aug 7, 5:47 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1898 Severe thunderstorm watch 607Aug 7, 7:27 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1899 Severe thunderstorm watch 607Aug 7, 7:59 PM EDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 607
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
430 PM EDT Mon Aug 7 2023

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

* Effective this Monday afternoon from 430 PM until Midnight EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Widespread damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Storms may intensify and become severe initially across
central Georgia into the South Carolina Piedmont, but more so,
well-organized linear cluster of storms ongoing late this afternoon
across northern Georgia and the western Carolinas will steadily move
eastward through this evening. Widespread damaging winds are
expected.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles northeast of
Rocky Mount NC to 15 miles east southeast of Macon GA. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 599...WW 600...WW
601...WW 602...WW 603...WW 604...WW 605...WW 606...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
27035.

...Guyer

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, 2023Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2023Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Carolina, 2023Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2023

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.