WWUS20 KWNS 102100 SEL7 SPC WW 102100 GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-TNZ000-110400- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 137 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 500 PM EDT Thu Apr 10 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northern and Central Georgia Far Southwest North Carolina Extreme Western South Carolina Eastern Tennessee * Effective this Thursday afternoon from 500 PM until Midnight EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...Scattered supercells should continue to pose some threat for severe hail up to 1-1.75 inches in diameter through the rest of the afternoon and into the evening. Damaging winds may also occur with any clusters that can form, before convection eventually weakens with eastward extent. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles north northwest of Knoxville TN to 30 miles south southeast of Atlanta 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 135...WW 136... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 31035. ...Gleason