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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 340
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 10, 2006, 7:40 PM EDT for Baker County, Duval County, Nassau County, Florida; 27 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2006, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2006, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 30 counties
Baker County, FL, Duval County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Echols County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Wheeler County, GA
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- 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
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
11 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 44 min |
| May 10, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Jeff Davis | 53 min |
| May 10, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon, Ware | 28 min |
| May 10, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch, Ware | 36 min |
| May 10, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Pierce | 28 min |
| May 10, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley | 49 min |
| May 10, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Wayne | 40 min |
| May 10, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Charlton | 57 min |
| May 10, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Long, McIntosh | 61 min |
| May 10, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 46 min |
| May 10, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Nassau | 26 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 10:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson and 7 more | 2 hr |
| May 10, 2:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 7 hr |
| May 10, 7:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Duval, Nassau | 55 min |
| May 10, 1:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Floyd, Haralson, Harris and 5 more | 84 min |
| May 10, 4:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Coffee and 39 more | 2 hr |
| May 10, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley, Brooks, Calhoun and 40 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.