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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 90

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1015 AM EDT Sat Apr 10 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  The eastern Florida Panhandle

  Extreme southwestern Georgia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Saturday morning and afternoon from 1015 AM

  until 200 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A well-developed squall line will continue to surge

eastward across the Florida Panhandle and southwestern Georgia

through midday into early afternoon.  Given the observed bowing

structures and embedded circulations, expect the threat for a few

damaging gusts and a couple of tornadoes to continue for the next

few hours.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles

east and west of a line from 25 miles northwest of Moultrie GA to 55

miles southeast of Apalachicola FL. 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 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 27045.



...Thompson

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