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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 27

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1125 AM EST THU MAR 6 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1125 AM UNTIL

  700 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ORLANDO

FLORIDA TO 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MIAMI FLORIDA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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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DISCUSSION...A LARGE CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA MIDDAY THROUGH LATE

AFTERNOON.  THIS IS EXPECTED TO COINCIDE WITH STRENGTHENING OF DEEP

LAYER FLOW AND SHEAR /30-50 KT/...AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER DESTABILIZES

WITH DAYTIME HEATING.  THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO SEVERE

WIND AND PERHAPS A COUPLE OF TORNADOES...WITH AN INCREASINGLY

ORGANIZED LINE...WHICH COULD BE PRECEDED BY ISOLATED SUPERCELL

DEVELOPMENT ALONG ATLANTIC COASTAL AREAS.



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 27035.





...KERR

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