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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 85

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

550 AM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Florida Panhandle

  Southern Georgia

  Southern South Carolina

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Wednesday morning and afternoon from 550 AM

  until 100 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Several broken bands of thunderstorms will continue to

move generally west to east across the Watch area this morning. 

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms embedded within the larger

thunderstorm clusters will pose a risk for damaging gusts and

possibly a couple of tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles

east and west of a line from 30 miles north northwest of Savannah GA

to 35 miles east southeast of Apalachicola FL. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 83...WW 84...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 25040.



...Smith