WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 740

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SPC WW 161010
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 740
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
505 AM EST TUE NOV 16 2010

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

FLORIDA PANHANDLE
FAR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 505 AM UNTIL 1100 AM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST OF PANAMA CITY
FLORIDA TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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.

DISCUSSION...QLCS OVER THE SHELF WATERS OF THE N-CNTRL GULF OF
MEXICO IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE NEWD THIS MORNING...AFFECTING
PORTIONS OF THE FL PNHDL. LATEST TRENDS IN AREA VWP DATA AND SHORT
TERM MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATE THAT LLJ WILL CONTINUE TO UNDERGO
MARKED INTENSIFICATION THROUGH MID MORNING...EFFECTIVELY ENHANCING
THE NWD FLUX OF AN INCREASINGLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE BOUNDARY LAYER
ONSHORE. GIVEN THE STRENGTHENING VERTICAL SHEAR...BOWING AND
SUPERCELL STRUCTURES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN QLCS...WITH A THREAT
FOR DOWNSTREAM DEVELOPMENT OF MORE DISCRETE SUPERCELLS. DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS ACTIVITY
PROGRESSES ACROSS WW AREA.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.

...MEAD

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