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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 104

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

730 AM EDT Thu Apr 11 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  North and Central Florida

  Southern Georgia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Thursday morning and afternoon from 730 AM until

  300 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A pre-frontal broken band of storms will gradually shift

east across the watch area through the morning and into the early

afternoon.  A few supercells and line segments will probably pose

some risk for a few tornadoes and damaging gusts.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles

east and west of a line from 15 miles west northwest of Brunswick GA

to 20 miles south southwest of Saint Petersburg FL. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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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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 23035.



...Smith