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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 25

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

355 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA

  SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

  PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 355 AM UNTIL 1000 AM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A BAND OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CONTINUES MOVING ACROSS

SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...TOWARD

SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE FLORIDA PENINSULA.  A TORNADO OR

TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ROTATING STORMS AHEAD OF -- AND EMBEDDED

WITHIN -- THE MAIN BAND...ALONG WITH RISK FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING

WINDS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH OF WAYCROSS

GEORGIA TO 75 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF OCALA 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 23...WW 24...



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 22045.





...GOSS

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