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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 26

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1240 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY

  SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 1240 PM UNTIL 500 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRENTON

NEW JERSEY TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILMINGTON DELAWARE.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 22...WW 23...WW 24...WW

25...



DISCUSSION...PRE-FRONTAL TSTMS NOW STRENGTHENING OVER NERN AND SRN

MD EXPECTED TO MOVE/DEVELOP RAPIDLY NNEWD OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS

BOUNDARY LAYER OVER WW AREA CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE FROM THE SOUTH

IN RESPONSE TO STRONG SSW LOW-LVL FLOW/PRESSURE FALLS AHEAD OF COLD

FRONT NOW DESCENDING THE ERN SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS. AREA VWP

DATA SHOW 60 KT SSWLY 1 KM WINDS VEERING TO 75 KT SWLY FLOW AT 500

MB...YIELDING LONG/SLIGHTLY CURVED HODOGRAPHS FAVORABLE FOR

LEWPS/SMALL BOWS THAT COULD YIELD NARROW SWATHS OF DMGG WIND AND

POSSIBLY A COUPLE TORNADOES.



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

350. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23055.





...CORFIDI

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