WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 27

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 27
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1125 AM EST THU MAR 6 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA
COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1125 AM UNTIL
700 PM EST.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ORLANDO
FLORIDA TO 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MIAMI FLORIDA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA MIDDAY THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON. THIS IS EXPECTED TO COINCIDE WITH STRENGTHENING OF DEEP
LAYER FLOW AND SHEAR /30-50 KT/...AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER DESTABILIZES
WITH DAYTIME HEATING. THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO SEVERE
WIND AND PERHAPS A COUPLE OF TORNADOES...WITH AN INCREASINGLY
ORGANIZED LINE...WHICH COULD BE PRECEDED BY ISOLATED SUPERCELL
DEVELOPMENT ALONG ATLANTIC COASTAL AREAS.

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 27035.


...KERR

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