SEL1
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1040 AM EST SUN FEB 27 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL FLORIDA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1040 AM UNTIL 600
   PM EST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 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 85 STATUTE MILES
   NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SARASOTA
   FLORIDA TO 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MELBOURNE FLORIDA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY
   ACROSS CNTRL FL THIS AFTERNOON. BREAKS IN CLOUDS SHOULD ALLOW FOR
   SOME SURFACE HEATING OVER S CNTRL FL AND CONTRIBUTE TO MARGINAL
   INSTABILITY. ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DESTABILIZE NWD
   WITH TIME AS BOUNDARY LIFTS SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH CNTRL FL. STRONG
   SHEAR PROFILES WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES
   POSSIBLE.
   
   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 400.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
   
   
   ...DIAL/EVANS