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Tornado Watch 862
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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 862
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1140 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL FLORIDA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1140 PM
   UNTIL 300 AM EST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
   MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
   SARASOTA FLORIDA TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH
   FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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 860...WW 861...
   
   DISCUSSION...LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ONSHORE NEAR
   TPA SHORTLY...THEN TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE PENINSULA OVERNIGHT. 
   MARGINAL BUT SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY...COUPLED WITH STRONG WIND
   FIELDS...WILL SUPPORT A RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
   TORNADOES IN STRONGER CELLS.
   
   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 24035.
   
   
   ...HART
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