Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 656

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   SEL6

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 656
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   105 PM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Western and Central North Carolina
     Western and Northern South Carolina

   * Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 105 PM until
     800 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Loosely organized thunderstorm clusters will likely pose a
   threat for mainly scattered damaging winds as they spread
   east-southeastward through the afternoon and evening. Isolated
   severe hail may also occur with the stronger cores that develop.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
   statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles south
   southwest of Asheville NC to 25 miles north of Goldsboro NC. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

   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.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   31030.

   ...Gleason

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The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.

   SAW6 
   WW 656 SEVERE TSTM NC SC 051705Z - 060000Z
   AXIS..65 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
   30SSW AVL/ASHEVILLE NC/ - 25N GSB/GOLDSBORO NC/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 55NM N/S /33NE ODF - 40E RDU/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 31030.

   LAT...LON 35978275 36757797 34877797 34098275

   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU6.

Watch 656 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.

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Tornadoes

Wind

Hail

Combined Severe Hail/Wind

For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The “Low” category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
“Moderate” from 30% to 60%, and “High” from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.