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Tornado Watch 34
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 34
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   640 AM EST Sat Mar 9 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Central and eastern Florida Panhandle
     Southern Georgia
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Saturday morning and afternoon from 640 AM until
     200 PM EST.

   * Primary threats include...
     A few tornadoes possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...A band of strong to occasionally severe thunderstorms will
   shift eastward across the watch area through midday, in a
   destabilizing environment, while embedded cells pose a threat for
   damaging to severe gusts and a few tornadoes.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles
   either side of a line from 5 miles south of Panama City FL to 5
   miles northeast of Savannah GA. 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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...This tornado watch replaces tornado
   watch number 33. Watch number 33 will not be in effect after 640
   AM EST. 

   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 450. Mean
   storm motion vector 24040.

   ...Edwards
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