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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 8

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

300 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  North Florida

  Southern Georgia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 300 PM until

  1000 PM EST.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms are possible. One

regime should emanate northeast across north Florida with a primary

risk for a couple tornadoes and locally damaging winds. The second

regime should spread east-northeast from southeast Alabama and the

Florida Panhandle with a few tornadoes and damaging winds as the

primary hazards.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 50 miles northeast of Albany GA to 25

miles west southwest of Gainesville 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 7...



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

surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 22040.



...Grams

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