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Tornado Watch 126
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 126
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   215 AM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Northern Florida
     Southeastern Georgia
     Southeastern South Carolina
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Monday morning from 215 AM until 1100 AM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A few tornadoes possible
     Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
       mph possible

   SUMMARY...A complex of severe thunderstorms, initially moving
   rapidly eastward across southern Georgia and parts of the Florida
   Panhandle, should continue to produce damaging wind, along with the
   threat of a few tornadoes, as it moves toward the Atlantic Coast. 
   Some northward expansion of the threat is possible toward South
   Carolina coastal areas as a warm front approaches.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 15 miles southwest of Gainesville FL to
   30 miles north of Savannah GA. For a complete depiction of the watch
   see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

   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 124...WW 125...

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
   surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
   storm motion vector 26050.

   ...Edwards
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