Severe Thunderstorm Watch 430

Issued

Jul 2, 2023, 12:14 PM CDT (17:14 UTC)

Expired

Jul 2, 2023, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

10%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

5%

Ten or more severe wind reports

60%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

30%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

20%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1383 Severe potential...severe thunderstorm watch likelyJul 2, 10:16 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1384 Severe potential...severe thunderstorm watch likelyJul 2, 11:56 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1389 Severe thunderstorm watch 430...431Jul 2, 2:42 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1392 Severe potential...watch possibleJul 2, 4:54 PM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 430
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1215 PM CDT Sun Jul 2 2023

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northern Alabama
  Eastern Arkansas
  Northwest Georgia
  Northern Mississippi
  Far southwest North Carolina
  Southern to eastern Tennessee

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 1215 PM until
  800 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Several multicell clusters should develop through the
afternoon and gradually spread east. Large hail will be possible,
mainly early, but damaging winds will be the primary threat.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles southwest of
Oxford MS to 20 miles southeast of Knoxville TN. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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.

&&

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
25025.

...Grams

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.