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Tornado Watch 117
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 117
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   320 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Parts of north Florida
     Southeast Georgia
     Central and southern South Carolina
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Monday morning from 320 AM until 1100 AM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...A well-developed, pre-frontal squall line in Georgia and
   the Florida Panhandle will continue to move east-northeastward
   through the morning.  These storms have a history of producing both
   tornadoes and damaging winds, and these threats will continue
   through the morning with embedded supercells and bowing segments.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 60 miles north northeast of Columbia SC
   to 45 miles east southeast of Tallahassee FL. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

   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 115...WW 116...

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 500. Mean
   storm motion vector 24055.

   ...Thompson
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