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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 675

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

150 AM EDT Sat Oct 19 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Central and northern Florida

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Saturday morning from 150 AM until NOON EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible



SUMMARY...Wind fields and instability favorable for tornadoes will

continue to spread across the central/northern peninsula through the

remainder of the morning and into midday.  Tornado potential will be

most focused near a warm front moving slowly northward over

central/northern FL, as well as outer band(s) moving onshore the

west coast.  Additional isolated supercells may develop in between

those two regimes as well.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 50 miles south southeast of Sarasota FL

to 35 miles northeast of Gainesville FL. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU5).



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 0 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 50 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 20030.



...Edwards

