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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 14

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

420 PM EST THU FEB 1 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN FLORIDA

       SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 420 PM

UNTIL 100 AM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF WAYCROSS

GEORGIA TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF GAINESVILLE FLORIDA.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 13...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INTENSIFY AND SPREAD ENEWD ACROSS

THE REGION THIS EVENING AHEAD OF POTENT MID LEVEL JET.  SHEAR WILL

BECOME VERY STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY INVOF SURFACE

LOW FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS NRN FL AND INTO FAR SERN GA.  THREATS

OF DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE

THIS EVENING AS POSSIBLE MCS TRACKS ENEWD ACROSS WW.



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 350.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.





...EVANS

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