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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 438

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

405 PM EST Fri Dec 14 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central Florida

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 405 PM until

  1000 PM EST.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A line of strong thunderstorms is approaching the west

coast of central Florida.  These storms will move across the watch

area, posing the risk of locally damaging wind gusts and perhaps a

tornado.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles north and south of a line from 80 miles east northeast

of Saint Petersburg FL to 35 miles west northwest of Sarasota 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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AVIATION...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

24035.



...Hart

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