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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 327

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1130 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTH FLORIDA INCLUDING THE KEYS

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1130 PM

UNTIL 800 AM EDT.



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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

FORT MEYERS FLORIDA TO 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MARATHON

FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 324...WW 325...WW 326...



DISCUSSION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN NUMBER ACROSS

FAR SOUTH FL AND OFFSHORE...IN REGION OF STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR.

ACTIVITY MAY PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT WITH THE RISK OF

ISOLATED AND BRIEF 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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 18020.





...HART

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