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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 137
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WW0137 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL7

   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
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