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Tornado Watch 707
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Low Very Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Very Low Very Low

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   SEL7

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 707
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1250 AM EDT Thu Oct 12 2023

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Northern and Central Florida
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Thursday morning from 1250 AM until 900 AM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A couple tornadoes possible
     Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

   SUMMARY...Stronger thunderstorms are expected to develop and/or move
   inland across the central and northern Peninsula through the early
   morning hours as conditions become increasingly favorable for the
   possibility of tornadoes.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 45 miles north northeast of Cross City
   FL to 30 miles east southeast of Sarasota FL. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

   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.

   &&

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
   surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
   storm motion vector 24030.

   ...Guyer
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