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Tornado Watch 274
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 26, 2022, 7:45 AM CDT for 8 counties in Alabama; 9 counties in Florida; George County, Greene County, Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2022, 7:45 AM CDT (12:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2022, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Bay County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Jackson County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:44 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.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 30%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 10%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 20%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 10%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 40%
Warnings issued inside it
3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 9:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| May 26, 10:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| May 26, 11:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 3 hr |
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 26, 5:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia, Geneva, Mobile | 2 hr |
| May 26, 9:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile | 89 min |
| May 26, 10:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette and 17 more | 114 min |
| May 26, 1:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Leon, Liberty and 3 more | 2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.