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Tornado Watch 106
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WW0106 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 106
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   155 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA
          PARTS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
   JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA TO 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MELBOURNE
   FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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 105...
   
   DISCUSSION...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE
   SEA BREEZE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS
   FORMING OR SPREADING IN FROM THE WEST...ALONG A WARM FRONTAL ZONE
   ADVANCING NORTHWARD INTO NORTHERN FLORIDA.  ACTIVITY WILL BE CAPABLE
   OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.  AND
   ROTATION DEVELOPING IN STRONGEST UPDRAFTS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE RISK
   FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE INTERIOR NORTH
   CENTRAL PENINSULA.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26020.
   
   
   ...KERR
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