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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 77

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

600 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN FLORIDA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 600 AM UNTIL

  100 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM THE

NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN FLORIDA THROUGH

THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING.  EMBEDDED DAMAGING DOWNDRAFTS ARE THE

MAIN HAZARD...THOUGH A BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF OCALA FLORIDA TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST AUGUSTINE

FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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.



&&



AVIATION...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 450. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 26035.





...EDWARDS

