

502 

WWUS20 KWNS 160716

SEL7

SPC WW 160716

FLZ000-CWZ000-161300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

215 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 215 AM UNTIL 800 AM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INLAND FROM GULF...AND

PERHAPS SOME STORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF IT INLAND...WILL POSE A

DAMAGING-WIND AND TORNADO THREAT THROUGH THE SUNRISE HOUR.  SEE SPC

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 111 FOR INITIAL METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

SARASOTA FLORIDA TO 10 MILES NORTH OF VERO BEACH FLORIDA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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.



&&



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.





...EDWARDS

