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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 140

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1055 AM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Florida Panhandle

  Southern Georgia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Thursday morning and afternoon from 1055 AM

  until 500 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A cluster of intense thunderstorms over southeast Alabama

will track eastward today across the watch area.  Locally damaging

winds and a few tornadoes are the main threats with this activity.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles

north and south of a line from 10 miles south of Marianna FL to 40

miles northeast of Waycross GA. 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 139...



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 500. Mean

storm motion vector 27035.



...Hart

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