Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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SEL5
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 25
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
315 AM EST Wed Mar 5 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
North Florida
Southern into Southeast Georgia
Southern South Carolina
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Wednesday morning from 315 AM until 1000 AM EST.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY…A squall line will move eastward across the Watch area
overnight into the morning. Damaging gusts ranging 55-70 mph are
possible with the stronger inflections and bowing segments within
the convective line. A brief tornado is also possible.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90
statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles north northeast
of Vidalia GA to 55 miles south of Valdosta GA. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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 23…WW 24…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 350. Mean storm motion vector
26035.
…Smith
Note: The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area. The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW5
WW 25 SEVERE TSTM FL GA SC CW 050815Z – 051500Z
AXIS..90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
55NNE VDI/VIDALIA GA/ – 55S VLD/VALDOSTA GA/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 80NM E/W /48S IRQ – 26NNW CTY/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..0.5 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 350. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.
LAT…LON 32918046 29988178 29988478 32918356
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU5.
Watch 25 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.
Note: Click for Complete Product Text.Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes
Low (20%)
Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
Low ( 65 knots
Low (20%)
Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
Low ( 2 inches
Low (