Tornado Watch - Keys and SW FL

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Tornado Watch - Keys and SW FL

#1 Postby gkrangers » Fri Jul 08, 2005 2:43 pm

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0625.html

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 625
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
335 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

EXTREME SRN FLORIDA INCLUDING THE KEYS
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 335 PM
UNTIL 500 AM 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 95 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF KEY WEST
FLORIDA TO 65 MILES SOUTH OF MIAMI FLORIDA. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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...MID AND HIGH LEVEL ELY WINDS HAVE BEEN STEADILY
INCREASING AS HURRICANE DENNIS MOVES NWWD THROUGH CUBA. AS THE
HURRICANE MOVES FURTHER NWWD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...THE WINDS
IN THE LOWEST 1 KM WILL VEER FROM ELY TO SELY ACROSS FAR SRN
FL...RESULTING IN SUFFICIENT LOW/DEEP LAYER SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS AND
A FEW TORNADOES. THE TORNADO THREAT WITHIN THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF
DENNIS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS THE WW AREA.


THE FORECAST MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS AND MEAN CELL MOTION APPLY TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OUTSIDE THE HURRICANE EYEWALL.

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 11035.
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#2 Postby Foladar » Fri Jul 08, 2005 2:54 pm

Miami-Dade as well ... so SE FL
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#3 Postby gkrangers » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:00 pm

I knew I was going to get responses like that.
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#4 Postby gkrangers » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:05 pm

No..I just think SW and SE Florida is always in a competitive struggle over who gets the most landfalls and severe weather.
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#5 Postby Foladar » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:09 pm

gkrangers wrote:No..I just think SW and SE Florida is always in a competitive struggle over who gets the most landfalls and severe weather.

I just mentioned SE florida due to, well, there's a tornado watch out for us as well and we weren't included, and I'm not going to make a new post over it. Take it how you want.
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#6 Postby Innotech » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:11 pm

For Gods sakes, how about just say Tornado watch for FLorida peninsula?
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