TORNADO WATCH 28 CENTRAL FLORIDA!!
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:34 am
looks to be an very active day today in florida mighr have some very dangerous storms and the worst is yet to come tonight.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 28
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
815 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL FLORIDA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 815 AM UNTIL 300
PM EST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF SARASOTA FLORIDA
TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MELBOURNE FLORIDA. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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...LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY JUST
OFF THE WEST FL COAST WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING/MOVING ENEWD ACROSS
CENTRAL FL THIS MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. ACTIVITY WILL INTERACT
WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ORIENTED E-W FROM LINE OF STORMS EXPECTED TO
MOVE OFF THE E-CENTRAL FL COAST BY MID MORNING. SHEAR REMAINS QUITE
STRONG AND WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS AND SMALL BOW ECHOES. ONCE
HEATING OVERCOMES WEAK CAP THIS MORNING...EXPECT THE THREATS OF
DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL INCREASE AND CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY OVER CENTRAL FL.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 28
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
815 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL FLORIDA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 815 AM UNTIL 300
PM EST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF SARASOTA FLORIDA
TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MELBOURNE FLORIDA. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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...LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY JUST
OFF THE WEST FL COAST WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING/MOVING ENEWD ACROSS
CENTRAL FL THIS MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. ACTIVITY WILL INTERACT
WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ORIENTED E-W FROM LINE OF STORMS EXPECTED TO
MOVE OFF THE E-CENTRAL FL COAST BY MID MORNING. SHEAR REMAINS QUITE
STRONG AND WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS AND SMALL BOW ECHOES. ONCE
HEATING OVERCOMES WEAK CAP THIS MORNING...EXPECT THE THREATS OF
DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL INCREASE AND CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY OVER CENTRAL FL.