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WWUS20 KWNS 041637

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FLZ000-GAZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-042300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 3

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1140 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTH FLORIDA

  SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

  SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1140 AM UNTIL

  600 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST OF CROSS CITY

FLORIDA TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA.

 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.



&&



DISCUSSION...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH FL AND CENTRAL GA

WILL TRACK EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  STRONG

WINDS ALOFT AND A MOIST/UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL POSE A RISK OF A FEW

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS.  AN

ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.



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 25035.





...HART

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WWUS20 KWNS 041637

SEL3

SPC WW 041637

FLZ000-GAZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-042300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 3

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1140 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTH FLORIDA

  SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

  SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1140 AM UNTIL

  600 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST OF CROSS CITY

FLORIDA TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA.

 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.



&&



DISCUSSION...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH FL AND CENTRAL GA

WILL TRACK EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  STRONG

WINDS ALOFT AND A MOIST/UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL POSE A RISK OF A FEW

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS.  AN

ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.



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 25035.





...HART

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