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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 8

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

950 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL FLORIDA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 950 AM UNTIL

  500 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF

MEXICO WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS MORNING AND

EARLY AFTERNOON.  STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND A SLOWLY DESTABILIZING AIR

MASS WILL POSE A RISK OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS OR PERHAPS A TORNADO

IN THE STRONGEST STORMS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST

NORTHEAST OF OCALA FLORIDA TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF AVON PARK

FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



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AVIATION...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 25035.





...HART

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