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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 114

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

945 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN FLORIDA

       SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 945 PM

UNTIL 500 AM EDT.



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 75 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ST

AUGUSTINE FLORIDA TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROSS CITY 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 108. WATCH NUMBER 108 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

945 PM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 111...WW 112...WW 113...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS...INCLUDING POSSIBLE SUSTAINED

STORMS/SUPERCELLS...EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FORMING ALONG NE/SW

CONFLUENCE ZONE OVER THE NERN GULF OF MEX.  THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE

ENE ALONG STALLING OR SLIGHTLY NWD-DRIFTING W-E OUTFLOW BOUNDARY

OVER NRN FL.  STRENGTH OF LOW TO MID LVL SHEAR AND RICH MOISTURE

SUPPLY SUGGEST CHANCE FOR ISOLD TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO ISOLD

DMGG WIND/MARGINALLY SVR HAIL... THROUGH EARLY FRI.



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.





...CORFIDI

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