Weather Alerts For Due West, SC

# SUMMARY -------------------- - Tornado Watch for portions of Northern and Western Georgia Western South Carolina - Effective this Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning from 545 PM until 100 AM CDT. - Primary threats include... A couple tornadoes possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible # DETAILS -------------------- SUMMARY - Severe storm potential should increase this evening, initially across both west-central/southwest Georgia as well as northern Georgia near an earlier boundary. Damaging winds, some hail, as well as a tornado risk will be possible regionally. - The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles south southeast of Columbus GA to 75 miles north northwest of Athens GA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). AVIATION Tornadoes and 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 450. Mean storm motion vector 26025. ISSUED AT The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a ISSUED BY 647 PM EDT Wed May 6 2026 HEADER Watch county notification for watch 188 | National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes and 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.

There is a Marginal Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA SUMMARY Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening from eastern Texas into the lower Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys/southern Appalachians. Supercells capable of all hazards will be possible across portions of central/southern Mississippi and central Alabama before a shift to a more of a damaging wind risk into the late evening/overnight. 20z Update The primary forecast update was a reduction in severe probabilities across portions of central/eastern TX and across the Mid-South in the wake of the surface cold front. Latest regional radar mosaic shows the early stages of deepening convection across far eastern TX into central LA as low-level moisture continues to deepen (per 18z RAOBs). This activity is expected to gradually intensify through late afternoon amid filtered diurnal heating that should continue to erode lingering MLCIN. Strong deep-layer wind shear (sampled in regional VWPs and 18 UTC RAOBs) should maintain the severe threat through the evening hours. Confidence severe thunderstorms remains highest across southern MS where convection originating in central LA will likely track and intensify within a favorable environment (where STP values will increase to 2-3 by late afternoon) prior to undercutting by the cold front later this evening.

Pollen Index: 8.8 Pollen Level: medium-high Predominant Pollen: Birch, Hickory/Pecan and Walnut. The quantity of pollen grains in the air for Thursday will be falling into the extremely low range. This change results in part from falling temperatures, rising humidity, and heavy rains in the morning and evening which tend to wash pollen out of the air.