TORNADO WATCH 28 CENTRAL FLORIDA!!

[mike815]

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.

[feederband]

Yea.. Getting kind of rough around here...

[mike815]

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
TODAY...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
UNTIL 3 PM TODAY. A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING OCCASIONAL TO
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM SARASOTA TO SEBASTIAN
THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF
THIS LINE LATER IN THE MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BAND OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS OCCURRING IN THE PRESENCE OF A STRONGLY SHEARED
ENVIRONMENT...WITH DAYTIME HEATING EXPECTED TO ADD A BOOST TO
THUNDERSTORM UPDRAFT STRENGTHS. AS A RESULT...THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND A TORNADO OR TWO HAS INCREASED...ESPECIALLY
IN VICINITY OF LOCAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. THE STRONGER STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS MORNING...WITH SOME
STORMS CONTAINING EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING. THE THREAT FOR STRONGER
STORMS WILL SPREAD EASTWARD DURING THE DAY.

TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL FORECAST TO DEVELOP
OVER NORTH FLORIDA THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT AND
PUSH INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA OVERNIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS ACROSS LAKE...VOLUSIA...SEMINOLE
AND POSSIBLY ORANGE COUNTIES. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SET THEIR
NOAA WEATHER RADIOS BEFORE RETIRING TO BED TONIGHT TO ALERT THEM IN
THE EVENT THAT WARNINGS ARE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN MELBOURNE.
I might be formal activated this afternoon its getting interesting

[mike815]

tonight is going to be crazy too

[Weatherfreak14]

Especially IMO in southeast georgia from what SPC is predicting.

[feederband]

Looks like st pete is fixing to get dumped on again they will probaably be way over 10 inches today...

[mike815]

yeah the main orginzed severe weather will be overnight into tomorrow THIS WILL BE A RAPIDLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT OVERNIGHT AND PERSONS
SHOULD MONITOR CONDITIONS CLOSELY BEFORE RETIRING FOR THE NIGHT AS
AN ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ECFL
TOWARD DAYBREAK SATURDAY. WILL UPDATE THE HAZARDOUS OUTLOOK LATER
THIS AFTERNOON.

[Scorpion]

Nothing here.

[mike815]

there will be leave your weather radio on tonight when u go to bed