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Tornado Watch 46
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WW0046 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   650 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA
          SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 650 AM UNTIL
   300 PM EST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH OF BRUNSWICK
   GEORGIA TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SARASOTA FLORIDA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 45...
   
   DISCUSSION...BAND OF STG-SVR TSTMS...INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS...IS
   EVIDENT AT WW ISSUANCE TIME OVER PORTIONS FL PANHANDLE AND NERN
   GULF...AND SHOULD ENCOUNTER INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL THETAE
   AS IT MOVES INLAND OVER NRN/WRN FL.  ADDITIONAL CONVECTION MAY
   DEVELOP OVER NRN FL AND SERN GA...INCLUDING WARM-SECTOR ACTIVITY
   THAT WOULD POSE TORNADO RISK WHILE INTERACTING WITH
   DIFFUSE/NWD-MOVING WARM FRONT OVER REGION.  VWP DATA AND FCST
   SOUNDINGS SHOW FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS WITH 300-500 J/KG 0-1
   KM SRH POSSIBLE...BOTH OVER WARM SECTOR AND IN SLICE OF WARM-FRONTAL
   ZONE CONTAINING SFC-BASED LIFTED PARCELS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...EDWARDS
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