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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 361
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
730 PM EDT MON MAY 31 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
FAR NORTHERN FLORIDA
A SMALL AREA OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY EVENING FROM 730 PM UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 35 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES WEST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA TO 40
MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA.
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 SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 356. WATCH NUMBER 356 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 730 PM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 357...WW 358...WW 359...WW
360...
DISCUSSION...SUPERCELL WITH A HISTORY OF BRIEF TORNADOES CONTINUES
TO TRACK ESEWD INTO NRN FL AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NERN FL DURING THE
NEXT FEW HOURS...MOVING OFF THE COAST AROUND 03Z IF IT HOLDS
TOGETHER. THOUGH LOSS OF HEATING WILL SLOWLY COOL THE SURFACE...A
WELL-DEFINED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL STILL
BE PRESENT FOR A RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS/BRIEF TORNADOES AS THIS
ACTIVITY MOVES ACROSS FAR NERN FL.
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 28030.
...EVANS
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