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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 6

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1235 AM EST Sat Jan 7 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Northwest Florida

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Saturday morning from 1235 AM until 500 AM EST.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible



SUMMARY...A cluster of storms over the northeast Gulf of Mexico

should spread inland across parts of northwest Florida early this

morning, with the risk of a brief tornado or two and locally

damaging winds.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 30 statute miles

either side of a line from 50 miles northwest of Cross City FL to

105 miles south southeast of Cross City FL. For a complete depiction

of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU6).



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.



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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 24030.



...Grams

