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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 460

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

250 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...WITHIN A MOIST ENVIRONMENT...INCREASINGLY STRONG

LOW/MID-LEVEL WINDS ON THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF CURRENT TROPICAL

STORM HERMINE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AN INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR A FEW

TORNADOES AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM-RELATED WIND DAMAGE

THROUGH THIS EVENING.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA TO 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF SAINT

PETERSBURG 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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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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 19030.





...GUYER

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