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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 4

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1245 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA INCLUDING THE KEYS

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1245 AM UNTIL 800 AM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO

WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE FL PENINSULA OVERNIGHT...WHILE ISOLATED

STRONG STORMS DEVELOP OUT AHEAD.  STRONG WIND FIELDS WILL PROMOTE

THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED

TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF ORLANDO

FLORIDA TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MARATHON FLORIDA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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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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 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...HART

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