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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 143

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

650 PM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  North Florida

  Far southeast Georgia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Thursday night from 650 PM until Midnight EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely



SUMMARY...A squall line across the eastern Florida Panhandle and far

southwest Georgia should progress east across north Florida and far

southeast Georgia this evening. Damaging winds and brief tornadoes

are the expected hazards.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles

north and south of a line from 60 miles northwest of Gainesville FL

to 25 miles east southeast of Jacksonville FL. 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 141...WW 142...



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 26040.



...Grams

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