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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 406

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

545 AM EDT Wed Oct 10 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  North Florida and Peninsula

  Southwest Georgia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Wednesday morning and afternoon from 545 AM

  until 500 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely



SUMMARY...Outer bands of hurricane Michael will continue to spread

inland through the morning, with an increasing risk of tornadoes in

the stronger cells.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles

either side of a line from 25 miles west of Panama City FL to 35

miles northeast of Cross City FL. 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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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 15035.



...Hart

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