NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0231 PM CDT Sat Mar 21 2026
AREAS AFFECTED...the Southern Appalachians into the Carolinas
CONCERNING...Severe potential...Watch unlikely
VALID 211931Z - 212130Z
PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...5 percent
SUMMARY...Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms may pose a
threat for occasional DAMAGING WIND GUSTS and marginally SEVERE HAIL
this afternoon/evening. Watch issuance is unlikely.
DISCUSSION...Latest regional surface analysis depicts surface
dewpoints in the upper-40s to low-50s F amid deep, well-mixed
boundary layer profiles. Despite this limited low-level moisture,
cool temperatures and ....... more