Severe Thunderstorm Watch 151

Issued

May 4, 2021, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)

Expired

May 5, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

20%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

5%

Ten or more severe wind reports

70%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

40%

Ten or more severe hail reports

20%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

10%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 536 Tornado watch 149May 4, 4:46 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 538 Severe potential...severe thunderstorm watch likelyMay 4, 5:20 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 539 Tornado watch 149May 4, 6:10 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 541 Severe thunderstorm watch 151May 4, 7:38 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 542 Severe thunderstorm watch 151May 4, 9:28 PM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 151
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
725 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southeast Alabama
  The Florida Panhandle
  West central and southwest Georgia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 725 PM
  until 100 AM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A well-developed squall line with embedded bowing segments
will persist for several more hours while moving east-southeastward
from Alabama into Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.  Damaging winds
will be the main threat, though an embedded mesovortex tornado or
two may occur where the squall line intersects an outflow boundary
across the northern part of the watch area.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles west northwest
of Macon GA to 15 miles south southwest of Panama City FL. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 148...WW 149...WW 150...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
29040.

...Thompson

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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.