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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 28

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

325 PM CST Tue Feb 7 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  The central Florida Panhandle

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 325 PM until

  800 PM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A cluster of thunderstorms will continue to spread

eastward across the Florida Panhandle through this evening.  A few

damaging wind gusts will be the main threat, though an isolated

tornado cannot be ruled out with embedded circulations in the larger

cluster/line.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west of Panama

City FL to 35 miles east of Panama City FL. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 27...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

27035.



...Thompson

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