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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 69

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

330 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN FLORIDA INCLUDING THE EASTERN PANHANDLE

  SOUTHWEST GEORGIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALDOSTA

GEORGIA TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 67...WW 68...



DISCUSSION...LONG-LIVED QLCS WITH EMBEDDED BOWING/LEWP STRUCTURES

WILL CONTINUE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON

AND EVENING. GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR AND A

MOIST/LOW LCL BOUNDARY LAYER...THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR

MESOVORTEX-RELATED TORNADOES AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 25030.





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