Severe Thunderstorm Watch 310

Issued

May 8, 2006, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)

Expired

May 9, 2006, 12:51 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

20%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

5%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

40%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 794May 8, 4:42 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 798May 8, 7:42 PM CDT

000 
WWUS20 KWNS 090052
SEL0  
SPC WW 090052
ALZ000-FLZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-090700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 310
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
755 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
       WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
       SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
       SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 755 PM UNTIL
200 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA.
 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 307...WW 308...WW 309...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN MS AND SOUTHEAST LA.  THIS ACTIVITY
WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO SOUTHERN AL AND THE WESTERN FL PANHANDLE
THROUGH THE EVENING.  SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL ARE THE
PRIMARY THREAT...ALTHOUGH DAMAGING WIND THREAT MAY INCREASE LATER
TONIGHT AS LARGER COMPLEX OF STORMS OVER MS MOVES SOUTHEAST.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 28030.


...HART

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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.