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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 283

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1045 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FLORIDA PENINSULA

  SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1045 AM UNTIL

  1000 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST OF MIAMI FLORIDA

TO 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 282...



DISCUSSION...SEVERAL CONVECTIVE BANDS TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST OF THE

CENTER OF TS ANDREA ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD NEWD ACROSS MUCH OF THE

FL PENINSULA TODAY.  THIS WILL OCCUR AS THE SYSTEM MOVES FROM THE

ERN GULF OF MEXICO WEST OF TPA INTO THE NRN PENINSULA THIS

AFTERNOON.  TBW AND MLB VAD WIND PROFILES EXHIBIT VERY STRONG LOW

LEVEL SHEAR/SRH IN THE ERN QUADRANT OF THE CIRCULATION...WHICH WILL

PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL SUPERCELLS INTO THE EVENING HOURS.



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 20030.





...WEISS

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