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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 42

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

945 AM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL FLORIDA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 945 AM UNTIL

  500 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS LIKELY WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF

GAINESVILLE FLORIDA TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF AVON PARK

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.



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DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER THE GULF OF

MEXICO WILL TRACK EASTWARD AND ACROSS CENTRAL FL TODAY.  BREAKS IN

THE CLOUDS COUPLED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S WILL YIELD MODERATE

INSTABILITY...WHILE LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR IS FAVORABLE FOR

SUPERCELL STRUCTURES.  LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED

TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...HART

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