Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 660

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   SEL0

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 660
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   245 PM EDT Sun Sep 6 2026

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Far Eastern Georgia
     Western North Carolina
     Western and Central South Carolina

   * Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 245 PM until
     900 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Thunderstorms clusters will be capable of producing
   scattered damaging winds as they move generally south-southeastward
   this afternoon and evening. Isolated hail also appears possible with
   the strongest cores that can develop.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
   statute miles north and south of a line from 5 miles south of
   Anderson SC to 55 miles east northeast of Columbia SC. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

   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 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
   cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   33025.

   ...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.

   SAW0 
   WW 660 SEVERE TSTM GA NC SC 061845Z - 070100Z
   AXIS..80 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
   5S AND/ANDERSON SC/ - 55ENE CAE/COLUMBIA SC/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 70NM N/S /33ESE ODF - 28W FLO/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 33025.

   LAT...LON 35598272 35398023 33078023 33278272

   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU0.

Watch 660 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.