WW 430 SEVERE TSTM AL AR GA MS NC TN 021715Z – 030100Z
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.
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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.
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