WW 189 TORNADO AL FL LA MS CW 070400Z - 071100Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 189
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1100 PM CDT Wed May 6 2026
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Southern Alabama
Western Florida Panhandle
Southeast Louisiana
Southern Mississippi
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 1100
PM until 600 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
A couple intense tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Severe storm threat will continue regionally overnight
within a moist environment with strong shear, and this includes
damaging wind and tornado potential.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles
north and south of a line from 50 miles west southwest of Pine Belt
MS to 35 miles northeast of Dothan AL. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU9).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and 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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 186...WW 187...WW 188...
AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 28030.
...Guyer
WW 188 TORNADO GA SC 062245Z - 070600Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 188
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
545 PM CDT Wed May 6 2026
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Northern and Western Georgia
Western South Carolina
* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning from
545 PM until 100 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
A couple tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Severe storm potential should increase this evening,
initially across both west-central/southwest Georgia as well as
northern Georgia near an earlier boundary. Damaging winds, some
hail, as well as a tornado risk will be possible regionally.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles
east and west of a line from 50 miles south southeast of Columbus GA
to 75 miles north northwest of Athens GA. For a complete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU8).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and 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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 186...WW 187...
AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean
storm motion vector 26025.
...Guyer
WW 0189 Status Updates
STATUS FOR WATCH 0189 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET
WW 0188 Status Updates
STATUS REPORT ON WW 188
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 WNW LGC
TO 45 W AGS.
..THORNTON..05/07/26
ATTN...WFO...FFC...GSP...TAE...
STATUS REPORT FOR WT 188
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
GAC053-145-171-177-197-199-215-231-239-243-249-259-261-263-269-
273-285-293-307-070440-
GA
. GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
CHATTAHOOCHEE HARRIS LAMAR
LEE MARION MERIWETHER
MUSCOGEE PIKE QUITMAN
RANDOLPH SCHLEY STEWART
SUMTER TALBOT TAYLOR
TERRELL TROUP UPSON
WEBSTER
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
WW 0187 Status Updates
STATUS REPORT ON WW 187
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 NE MEI TO
25 NNW AUO.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0662
..THORNTON..05/07/26
ATTN...WFO...BMX...MOB...HUN...
STATUS REPORT FOR WT 187
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
ALC001-005-011-013-017-021-023-025-035-037-041-047-051-065-081-
085-087-091-099-101-105-109-113-119-123-129-131-070440-
AL
. ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
AUTAUGA BARBOUR BULLOCK
BUTLER CHAMBERS CHILTON
CHOCTAW CLARKE CONECUH
COOSA CRENSHAW DALLAS
ELMORE HALE LEE
LOWNDES MACON MARENGO
MONROE MONTGOMERY PERRY
PIKE RUSSELL SUMTER
TALLAPOOSA WASHINGTON WILCOX
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
WW 0186 Status Updates
STATUS REPORT ON WW 186
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 N LFT TO
10 NNE HEZ TO 30 NE MEI.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0662
..THORNTON..05/07/26
ATTN...WFO...LCH...SHV...JAN...LIX...MOB...
STATUS REPORT FOR WT 186
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
LAC003-009-011-037-039-077-079-091-097-105-115-117-125-070440-
LA
. LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE
ALLEN AVOYELLES BEAUREGARD
EAST FELICIANA EVANGELINE POINTE COUPEE
RAPIDES ST. HELENA ST. LANDRY
TANGIPAHOA VERNON WASHINGTON
WEST FELICIANA
MSC001-005-023-029-031-035-037-041-061-063-065-067-073-075-077-
085-091-109-111-113-127-129-147-153-157-070440-
MS
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS AMITE CLARKE
COPIAH COVINGTON FORREST
FRANKLIN GREENE JASPER
JEFFERSON JEFFERSON DAVIS JONES
LAMAR LAUDERDALE LAWRENCE
No Mesoscale Discussions are in effect as of Thu May 7 04:02:07 UTC 2026.SPC 0100Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0757 PM CDT Wed May 06 2026
Valid 070100Z - 071200Z
...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA...
...SUMMARY...
Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected to continue tonight
across portions of the lower Mississippi Valley into Southeast.
Supercells ongoing across central and southern parts of Mississippi
and Alabama into western Georgia will remain capable of all
severe-weather hazards for the next few hours. Upscale growth into
storm clusters and/or bowing line segments is expected overnight
with mainly a damaging wind and isolated tornado risk focused from
southern Mississippi into central Georgia.
...Lower Mississippi Valley into Southeast...
Early-evening surface analysis placed a convectively augmented cold
front from northern GA through central MS into the lower Rio Grande
Valley. The air mass ahead of the front is very moist, characterized
by dewpoints in the low/mid 70s from LA into MS and AL with MLCAPE
of 1000-2000 J/kg. Strong deep-layer shear resides across the warm
sector with effective bulk shear magnitudes of 60-70+ kt. This
parameter space has supported the development of multiple supercells
ahead of the front from southern MS into west-central AL, amidst
additional strong to severe storms. The southern MS supercells have
a history of producing tornadoes, and based on the 00z LIX sounding
and regional VWP data, are in a zone of enhanced low-level shear
with effective SRH of 300-350 m2/2. For additional information on
these storms, see MCDs 658 and 659.
Convection-allowing model guidance is suggestive that the ongoing,
semi-discrete storms will gradually grow upscale into clusters
and/or bowing line segments tonight along the southeastward-moving
cold front, with the most intense storms being focused along the
low-level jet axis from southern MS through central and southern AL
into central GA. Damaging winds and isolated tornadoes will become
the predominant hazards with that storm-mode transition.
...Lower Rio Grande Valley...
Visible satellite indicates multiple attempts at storm initiation
recently along the high terrain of northwest Mexico, to the
southwest of Eagle Pass, TX. Convection-allowing model data suggest
that isolated, strong to severe storms will become increasingly
possible after about 05z in the same general vicinity with that
activity potentially crossing the Rio Grande into deep South TX.
Moderate instability and rather strong deep-layer shear will
conditionally favor supercell storm modes with a risk for large hail
and locally damaging wind gusts. A level 1/Marginal Risk will be
maintained due to uncertainty in storm coverage.
..Mead.. 05/07/2026
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