Emergency Management Message FLASH Weather Report 5.10.08

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Emergency Management                      

FLASH Report

May 10, 2008 3:55PM

Putnam County Emergency Operations Center: Monitoring Situation

Hazardous Weather Outlook

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT......SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING...

AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IN CONCERT WITH A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS MAY PRODUCE A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. THE MOST FAVORED AREA FOR STRONG STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF STATE ROAD 32 FROM DOUGLAS TO THALMAN. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS WELL AS STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY......SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY...A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST ON SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING INSTABILITY...MID-LEVEL DISTURBANCES...AND A STRONG LOW-LEVEL JET WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN SOME STORMS. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THIS EVENING IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUE FOR YOUR AREA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ON SUNDAY.

 

Putnam County Emergency Services

Division of Emergency Management

410 S. SR 19 Palatka, Fl. 32177

http://www1.putnam-fl.com/live/emg.asp

 

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