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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 76

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

900 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN FLORIDA

  SOUTHERN GEORGIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 900 PM

  UNTIL 400 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...ONE OR TWO LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE

GENERALLY EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY.

A FEW EMBEDDED STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WIND...MARGINALLY

SEVERE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY A COUPLE TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA

CITY FLORIDA TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.  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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 75...



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 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...CORFIDI

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