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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 105

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1100 AM EDT SUN APR 14 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MUCH OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE

       PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1100 AM UNTIL 600

PM EDT.



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 NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO 35 MILES NORTH OF CROSS CITY FLORIDA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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...VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE

TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD EASTWARD ALONG FRONTAL ZONE ACROSS THE WATCH

AREA INTO AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  STORMS WILL POSE A RISK

FOR AT LEAST DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL...BUT AS THE NEAR

GROUND ENVIRONMENT CONTINUES TO WARM AND MOISTEN...POTENTIAL FOR

TORNADOES WILL ALSO INCREASE.



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

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.





...KERR

