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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 21
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 21
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1255 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL FLORIDA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1255 PM UNTIL
   700 PM EST.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES 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 65
   STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF OCALA
   FLORIDA TO 50 MILES EAST OF FORT MEYERS FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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 20...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTM CLUSTER OFF THE W CST OF FL...AND ADDITIONAL
   STORMS LIKELY TO FROM IN HEATED ENVIRONMENT OVER THE INTERIOR...MAY
   POSE A THREAT FOR HIGH WIND AND HAIL AS REGION CONTINUES TO
   DESTABLIZE DOWNSTREAM FROM 50 KT WLY MID LEVEL JET STREAK.  WHILE
   LOW LEVEL SHEAR IS WEAK OVER MOST OF WW AREA...LOW LEVEL DIRECTIONAL
   SHEAR WILL BE ENHANCED INVOF E CST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY AND OUTFLOWS
   FROM EARLIER STORMS.  PART OF WATCH NUMBER 21 ALONG THE IMMEDIATE E
   CST MAY REQUIRE UPGRADE TO TORNADO IF IT APPEARS THAT DISCRETE
   STORMS WILL INDEED INTERACT WITH THOSE BOUNDARIES.
   
   AVIATION...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 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 26035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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