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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1155 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL FLORIDA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1155 AM UNTIL 700

PM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 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 EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF FORT MEYERS

FLORIDA TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF VERO BEACH FLORIDA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 5...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO PERSIST AND POSSIBLY INCREASE ALONG

ENE/WSW ORIENTED QSTNRY FRONT OVER CNTRL FL AS LEAD UPR IMPULSE

CONTINUES E FROM THE ERN GULF.  STORMS MAY REACH MAXIMUM INTENSITY

AS THEY ENCOUNTER CORRIDOR OF MORE STRONGLY BACKED LOW LVL FLOW AND

MORE SUBSTANTIAL MOISTURE INFLOW TOWARD THE FL E CST.  THIS SETUP

MAY YIELD A FEW LOW LVL MESOCYCLONES WITH A POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES.

 FARTHER W...DOMINANT RISK MAY BE LOCALLY DMGG WINDS FROM SMALL BOWS

ASSOCIATED WITH STRENGTHENING/DEEPENING WSW FLOW OVER THE WRN HALF

OF THE STATE.



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

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...CORFIDI

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