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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 22

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

330 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL

1000 PM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OCALA

FLORIDA TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO

WILL MOVE INTO THE FL PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THESE

STORMS WILL INTERACT WITH RETREATING SURFACE WARM FRONT...WHERE

ENHANCED LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND SHEAR WILL BE PRESENT.  THIS MAY

RESULT IN ISOLATED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW

TORNADOES.



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 27035.





...HART

