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Public Severe Thunderstorm Watch Notification
| Public Severe Thunderstorm Watch Notification | | | SPC issues a Public Severe Thunderstorm Watch Notification Message when forecasting six or more hail events of 1 inch (quarter) diameter or greater or damaging winds of 50 knots (58 mph) or greater. The forecast event minimum threshold is at least 2 hours over an area at least 8,000 square miles. Below these thresholds, SPC, in collaboration with affected NWS offices may issue convective watches along coastlines, near the Canadian and Mexican borders, and for any ongoing organized severe convection. A Public Severe Thunderstorm Watch Notification Message contains the area description and axis, watch expiration time, a description of hail size and thunderstorm wind gusts expected, the definition of the watch, a call to action statement, a list of other valid watches, a brief discussion of meteorological reasoning, and technical information for the aviation community. SPC includes the term “adjacent coastal waters” when the watch affects coastal waters adjacent to the Pacific/Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico, or Great Lakes. Adjacent coastal waters refers to a WFO’s near-shore responsibility (out to 20 miles for oceans), except for convective watches which include portions of the Great Lakes. SPC issues a watch cancellation message when no counties, parishes, independent cities and/or marine zones remaining are in the watch area prior to the expiration time. The text of the message will specify the number and area of the cancelled watch. | | source: FAA/NOAA Aviation Weather Services (AC 00-45G) |
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