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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 32

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1245 PM EDT MON MAR 17 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1245 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES WITH A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SARASOTA

FLORIDA TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF MELBOURNE FLORIDA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...SFC HEATING EXPECTED TO SUPPORT A GRADUAL INCREASE IN

TSTM STRENGTH WITHIN CNTRL FL CONVECTIVE BAND THIS AFTN. AT THE SAME

TIME...ERN GULF OF MEX SQLN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD. COUPLED WITH

MOISTURE-RICH ENVIRONMENT AND EXISTING STRENGTH OF WIND

FIELD...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR LOW AMPLITUDE LEWPS/BOWS WITH A

RISK FOR DMGG WIND AND A COUPLE TORNADOES. THE SVR THREAT MAY

INCREASE LATER THIS AFTN THROUGH EARLY TNGT AS DEEP SHEAR/ASCENT

INCREASE WITH THE CONTINUED EWD ADVANCE OF WRN GULF OF MEX UPR

TROUGH.



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

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

GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...CORFIDI

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