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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 119

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

955 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 955 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST OF PANAMA CITY

FLORIDA TO 30 MILES EAST OF PANAMA CITY 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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DISCUSSION...A LARGE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WESTERN FL

PANHANDLE WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD INTO THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS

EVENING.  STRONG LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR AND AMPLE MOISTURE MAY

ALLOW THE STORM TO MAINTAIN ORGANIZATION AND INTENSITY.  ISOLATED

TORNADOES AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 27025.





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