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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 78

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

220 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  North Florida

  Southeast Georgia

  Southern South Carolina

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 220 PM until

  900 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms over southwest Georgia and the

Florida Panhandle will track eastward this afternoon and early

evening.  Damaging winds and a few tornadoes will continue to be

possible in the stronger cells.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles

east and west of a line from 35 miles northwest of Charleston SC to

40 miles south southeast of Tallahassee FL. For a complete depiction

of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU8).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 77...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 27040.



...Hart

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