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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 3

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1035 AM EST FRI JAN 15 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1035 AM UNTIL

  500 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS WILL SPREAD EASTWARD

ACROSS THE CORRIDOR ROUGHLY FROM FORT MEYERS TO WEST PALM BEACH

THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.  THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO

OR TWO...AS WELL AS ISOLATED DAMAGING GUSTS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT

MEYERS FLORIDA TO 115 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF FORT MEYERS

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.



&&



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.





...THOMPSON

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