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SEL2 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 332 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 715 AM EDT Mon May 27 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central and northern Georgia Western South Carolina * Effective this Monday morning and afternoon from 715 AM until 200 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Merging parts of two convective complexes will shift east out of Alabama, while some re-intensification is possible for the eastern one in eastern GA and western SC. Damaging wind is the main threat, though a tornado and/or isolated hail may occur. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles north and south of a line from 15 miles north northwest of La Grange GA to 35 miles north northeast of Augusta GA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2). 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 331... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 28035. ...Edwards