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Tornado Watch 81
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WW0081 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL1
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 81
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1245 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2011
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1245 PM UNTIL
   800 PM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES EAST OF FORT MEYERS
   FLORIDA TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF AVON PARK FLORIDA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 80. WATCH NUMBER 80 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1245
   PM EDT. 
   
   DISCUSSION...AN ONGOING QUASI-LINEAR COMPLEX OF STRONG/SEVERE
   TSTMS...INCLUDING EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS AND BOW ECHOS...WILL CONTINUE
   TO QUICKLY SPREAD EASTWARD...WHILE THE SEVERE THREAT OTHERWISE
   GRADUALLY REFOCUSES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE SOUTH-CENTRAL FL PENINSULA
   ALONG AN EXISTING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. FAVORABLE INSTABILITY/SHEAR AND
   THE ONGOING STORM MODE WILL FAVOR BOTH SUPERCELLS/BOWS CAPABLE OF
   DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26045.
   
   
   ...GUYER/IMY
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