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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.



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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