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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 58

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

805 PM EDT Fri Mar 22 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Southern Florida

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 805 PM

  until 300 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A linear cluster of storms, along with some line-preceding

supercells, will initially approach the Florida Keys, and eventually

the far southern Florida Peninsula later this evening. Within a

favorably moist environment amid strong deep-layer winds, these

storms will pose a waterspout/tornado risk aside from wind damage.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles

north and south of a line from 70 miles west of Key West FL to 70

miles east southeast of Miami FL. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 27035.



...Guyer