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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 838
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   425 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN FLORIDA PENINSULA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM 425 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
   OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA
   TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST PALM BEACH 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.
   
   DISCUSSION...HURRICANE JEANNE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL LATER
   THIS EVENING NEAR VRB. MLB VAD SHOWS STRONG LOW LEVEL VERTICAL
   SHEAR IS NOW IN PLACE AHEAD OF SYSTEM. CONVECTIVE BANDS IN WEST AND
   NORTHWEST QUADRANTS WILL POSE A RISK OF TROPICAL TORNADOES.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 07045.
   
   
   ...HART