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Tornado Watch 690
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood High Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Low Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Very Low Very Low

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   SEL0

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 690
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   815 AM EDT Wed Oct 9 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Central and South Florida
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Wednesday morning and evening from 815 AM until
     900 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Several tornadoes likely
     Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

   SUMMARY...Supercells in the outer rain bands of Hurricane Milton
   will pose a threat for several tornadoes today across the central
   and southern Florida Peninsula. The forecast maximum wind gusts and
   mean cell motion apply to severe thunderstorms outside the eyewall.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 35 miles east northeast of Saint
   Petersburg FL to 10 miles south southwest of Marathon FL. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

   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.

   &&

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
   surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
   storm motion vector 17040.

   ...Gleason
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