Severe Thunderstorm Watch 430

Issued

Jul 1, 2026, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)

Expired

Jul 1, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

10%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

5%

Ten or more severe wind reports

70%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

20%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1417 Severe potential...watch possibleJul 1, 12:29 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1420 Severe thunderstorm watch 430Jul 1, 2:33 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1425 Severe thunderstorm watch 430Jul 1, 3:52 PM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 430
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
100 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Alabama
  Northern Georgia
  Western North Carolina
  Western South Carolina
  Southern Tennessee

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 100 PM
  until 800 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will steadily develop, increase,
and organize across the region, with damaging downbursts likely with
the stronger storms within a very moist and unstable environment.
Some semi-organized west/southwestward-moving clusters may evolve by
late afternoon/early evening with more focused damaging wind
potential.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90
statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles west northwest
of Tuscaloosa AL to 70 miles northeast of Atlanta GA. 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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 428...WW 429...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
06020.

...Guyer

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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.