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SPC WW 241845

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 265

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

245 PM EDT Wed May 24 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Florida peninsula

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 245 PM

  until 1100 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms developing along and ahead of a convective

outflow boundary now advancing inland off the Gulf coast are

expected to increase in coverage and intensity across the interior

and eastern peninsula through this evening.  Strongest activity may

be accompanied by severe wind gusts and hail, with some risk of a

tornado or two, mainly near Atlantic coastal areas.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 5 miles west of St

Augustine FL to 20 miles southeast of Fort Meyers FL. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 261...WW 262...WW

263...WW 264...



AVIATION...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

24035.



...Kerr

