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Tornado Watch 105
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WW0105 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 105
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1100 AM EDT SUN APR 14 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          MUCH OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1100 AM UNTIL 600
   PM EDT.
   
   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 50 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
   PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO 35 MILES NORTH OF CROSS CITY FLORIDA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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...VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
   TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD EASTWARD ALONG FRONTAL ZONE ACROSS THE WATCH
   AREA INTO AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  STORMS WILL POSE A RISK
   FOR AT LEAST DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL...BUT AS THE NEAR
   GROUND ENVIRONMENT CONTINUES TO WARM AND MOISTEN...POTENTIAL FOR
   TORNADOES WILL ALSO INCREASE.
   
   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
   400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.
   
   
   ...KERR
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