MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2356
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0748 PM CDT SUN OCT 23 2005
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL AND SRN FL
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 836...
   
   VALID 240048Z - 240245Z
   
   TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SRN FL IN ADVANCE OF
   HURRICANE WILMA.  NEW TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ISSUED WITHIN THE
   HOUR...WHICH WILL COVER ALL OF CENTRAL AND SRN FL.
   
   A MORE WELL-DEFINED OUTER BAND HAS NOW SPREAD EWD INTO THE
   KEYS...WITH ROTATING STORMS NOW EVIDENT JUST OFF THE SWRN FL COAST. 
   ADDITIONALLY...TORNADOES CONTINUE TO OCCUR WITHIN STORMS OCCURRING
   BETWEEN TBW AND MLB -- ALONG NEARLY STATIONARY BAROCLINIC ZONE.
   
   EVENING EYW RAOB SHOWS VERY STRONG WIND FIELD...AND SUBSTANTIAL
   INSTABILITY OWING TO 7 C/KM LAPSE RATES IN THE 700 TO 500 MB LAYER. 
   GIVEN THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY AND INTENSIFYING WIND FIELD WITH THE
   APPROACH OF WILMA...EXPECT TORNADO THREAT TO INCREASE WITH TIME
   ACROSS THE SRN 2/3 OF THE FL PENINSULA.  WITH SEVERAL COUNTIES ALONG
   THE E COAST OF FL NOT IN A TORNADO WATCH ATTM...AND WITH THREAT
   EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...NEW WW WILL BE
   ISSUED WITHIN THE HOUR.
   
   ..GOSS.. 10/24/2005
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...MFL...MLB...EYW...TBW...
   
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