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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 495
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WW0495 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

Note:  The expiration time in the watch graphic is amended if the watch is replaced, cancelled or extended.
Note: Click for Watch Status Reports.
   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 495
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   730 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 730 AM UNTIL
   300 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
   STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST OF OCALA
   FLORIDA TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF MIAMI FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
   DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 494...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE/STRENGTH FROM W
   CNTRL FL SSE INTO S FL LATER THIS MORNING AS SFC HEATING
   DESTABILIZES AXIS OF CONFLUENCE ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO PENINSULA.  HI
   PWS...MODERATE DEEP UNIDIRECTIONAL NLY FLOW...AND MODEST DEEP ASCENT
   OVER REGION /PER WV IMAGERY/ SUGGEST POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF
   FORWARD-PROPAGATING CLUSTERS...WITH BOWING SEGMENTS YIELDING WET
   MICROBURTS.  A LIMITED THREAT WILL EXIST FOR MARGINALLY SVR HAIL AND
   POSSIBLY A BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO NEAR STORM MERGERS.
   
   AVIATION...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 550. MEAN STORM MOTION
   VECTOR 35025.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
WW0495 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

Note:  See the experimental Public Watch (SEL) product with explicit hazard information section below. The expiration time in the watch graphic is amended if the watch is replaced, cancelled or extended.
Note: Click for Watch Status Reports.
   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 495
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   730 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 730 AM UNTIL
   300 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
   STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST OF OCALA
   FLORIDA TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF MIAMI FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
   DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 494...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE/STRENGTH FROM W
   CNTRL FL SSE INTO S FL LATER THIS MORNING AS SFC HEATING
   DESTABILIZES AXIS OF CONFLUENCE ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO PENINSULA.  HI
   PWS...MODERATE DEEP UNIDIRECTIONAL NLY FLOW...AND MODEST DEEP ASCENT
   OVER REGION /PER WV IMAGERY/ SUGGEST POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF
   FORWARD-PROPAGATING CLUSTERS...WITH BOWING SEGMENTS YIELDING WET
   MICROBURTS.  A LIMITED THREAT WILL EXIST FOR MARGINALLY SVR HAIL AND
   POSSIBLY A BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO NEAR STORM MERGERS.
   
   AVIATION...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 550. MEAN STORM MOTION
   VECTOR 35025.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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