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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 120

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

145 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  FAR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 145 AM UNTIL 800 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANAMA

CITY FLORIDA TO 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 119...



DISCUSSION...A QLCS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELL STRUCTURES AND

SMALLER-SCALE MESO-VORTICES IS EXPECTED TO PROGRESS EWD ACROSS THE

WATCH AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE CONTINUED INFLUX OF A MOIST

UNSTABLE AIR MASS COUPLED WITH RELATIVELY STRONG LOW-LEVEL AND

DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WILL MAINTAIN A RISK FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES AND

LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27020.





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