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Tornado Watch 283
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WW0283 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood High Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Very Low Very Low

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   SEL3

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 283
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1045 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     FLORIDA PENINSULA
     SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
     COASTAL WATERS

   * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1045 AM UNTIL
     1000 PM EDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST OF MIAMI FLORIDA
   TO 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   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 282...

   DISCUSSION...SEVERAL CONVECTIVE BANDS TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST OF THE
   CENTER OF TS ANDREA ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD NEWD ACROSS MUCH OF THE
   FL PENINSULA TODAY.  THIS WILL OCCUR AS THE SYSTEM MOVES FROM THE
   ERN GULF OF MEXICO WEST OF TPA INTO THE NRN PENINSULA THIS
   AFTERNOON.  TBW AND MLB VAD WIND PROFILES EXHIBIT VERY STRONG LOW
   LEVEL SHEAR/SRH IN THE ERN QUADRANT OF THE CIRCULATION...WHICH WILL
   PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL SUPERCELLS INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 20030.


   ...WEISS
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