Severe Thunderstorm Watch 261

Issued

May 7, 2009, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 2009, 2:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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

20%

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

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 746May 7, 3:55 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 747May 7, 5:42 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 751May 7, 9:38 PM CDT

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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2009Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2009

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.