Tornado Watch 830

Issued

Sep 25, 1998, 11:00 AM EDT (15:00 UTC)

Expired

Sep 25, 1998, 11:00 PM EDT

In force

12 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 830
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1020 AM EDT FRI SEP 25 1998

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

   SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA                            
   AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1100 AM UNTIL 1100
PM EDT.

TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF ORLANDO FLORIDA TO 80 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MIAMI 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 829.  WATCH NUMBER 829 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1100 AM
EDT.

DISCUSSION...BANDS OF CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE GEORGES
CONTINUE TO ROTATE NWWD INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA.  LOW
LEVEL SHEAR IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA AS THE
HURRICANE MOVES NWWD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH POTENTIAL FOR
MINIATURE SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT.  A FEW BRIEF TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE AS THE CONVECTIVE BANDS SPREAD NWWD WITH TIME.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME
TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI
WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 13045.


...WEISS

285,0802 244,0793 244,0820 285,0830

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