The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Western North Carolina
Upstate South Carolina
Eastern Tennessee
Effective this Wednesday morning and afternoon from 1005 AM
until 400 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter likely
SUMMARY...Clusters of storms, with both bowing and embedded
supercell characteristics, will likely continue into the afternoon
while spreading east-southeastward across eastern Tennessee into
western North Carolina and the northern part of upstate South
Carolina. Scattered damaging winds of 60-70 mph and large hail of
1-1.5 inches in diameter can be expected.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west northwest
of Knoxville TN to 10 miles north of Charlotte NC. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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.
Counties included in the watch: Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Haywood, Henderson, Iredell, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Yancey
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