SPC – No watches are valid as of Sun Aug 4 05:42:01 UTC 2024
No watches are valid as of Sun Aug 4 05:42:01 UTC 2024.
Month: August 2024
Child killed after bounce house goes airborne at Maryland baseball game
Officials in Charles County, Maryland, said a sudden gust of wind during a Southern Maryland Blue Crabs baseball game lifted an inflatable 15 to 20 feet into the air, causing children to fall.
$4 billion settlement announced nearly a year after deadly Hawaii wildfires
The State of Hawaii announced it has entered into a $4 billion settlement to resolve hundreds of lawsuits following the historic Maui wildfires of August 2023.
Mapped: Where Floridaâs Gulf Coast is susceptible to hurricane storm surge
Debby threatens to produce a significant storm surge for parts of Floridaâs Big Bend and west coast. Forecast models indicate that the surge could reach as high as 7 feet along the coast, between Tallahassee and Tampa.
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 593
WW 593 SEVERE TSTM MN SD WI 032325Z – 040600Z 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 593 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 625 PM CDT Sat Aug 3 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central Minnesota Northeast South Dakota Northwest Wisconsin * Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 625 PM until 100 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5 inches in diameter possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are forecast to continue to develop and move east-southeast through the evening. Supercells capable of large to very large hail (diameter 1 to 2.5 inches) and severe gusts (60-70 mph) will be the primary storm mode through the early evening. Upscale growth into a linear cluster may occur later this evening with severe gusts possibly becoming the main hazard. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles northwest of Ortonville MN to 80 miles northeast of Minneapolis MN. 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 591...WW 592... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector 30025. ...Smith
Tropical Storm Debby forecast to become hurricane with millions in Florida on alert
Tropical Storm Debby has formed in the Gulf of Mexico with a growing focus on its trajectory towards the southwestern Florida coast.
Threat of potentially deadly bacteria on rise in waters along popular Texas beach
Galveston County health officials have issued a health alert due to an increase in cases of Vibrio bacteria from Galveston Beach.
Diamond in the rough: Could Mercury have layers of gemstones?
A study published in Nature Communications suggests that Mercury could have a layer of diamonds hundreds of miles beneath its surface. The planetâs carbon environment and unusual magnetic field lead some scientists to believe in the diamond theory.
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 592 Status Reports
WW 0592 Status Updates 
STATUS REPORT ON WW 592 THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA. ..LYONS..08/03/24 ATTN...WFO...RAH...GSP...RNK...CAE...AKQ... STATUS REPORT FOR WS 592 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS NCC001-003-007-025-033-035-037-045-057-059-063-067-069-071-077- 081-085-093-097-105-109-119-123-125-135-145-151-153-157-159-165- 167-169-171-179-181-183-185-197-031940- NC . NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ALAMANCE ALEXANDER ANSON CABARRUS CASWELL CATAWBA CHATHAM CLEVELAND DAVIDSON DAVIE DURHAM FORSYTH FRANKLIN GASTON GRANVILLE GUILFORD HARNETT HOKE IREDELL LEE LINCOLN MECKLENBURG MONTGOMERY MOORE ORANGE PERSON RANDOLPH RICHMOND ROCKINGHAM ROWAN SCOTLAND STANLY STOKES SURRY UNION VANCE WAKE WARREN YADKIN SCC021-023-025-039-047-055-057-059-063-071-079-081-083-087-091- 031940- SC