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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 575

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

950 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 950 AM UNTIL

  500 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO 80 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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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DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL TRACK

EAST-NORTHEASTWARD TODAY AND INTO THE FL PANHANDLE.  WARM AND MOIST

CONDITIONS WILL ALSO SPREAD INLAND TODAY...INCREASING THE RISK OF A

FEW SEVERE STORMS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO OR TWO.



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 23030.





...HART

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