Tornado Watch 42

Issued

Mar 29, 2014, 9:43 AM EDT (13:43 UTC)

Expired

Mar 29, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

60%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

60%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 222Mar 29, 5:58 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 223Mar 29, 8:10 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 224Mar 29, 11:38 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 226Mar 29, 2:25 PM EDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 291342
SEL2  
SPC WW 291342
FLZ000-CWZ000-292100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 42
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
945 AM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  CENTRAL FLORIDA
  COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 945 AM UNTIL
  500 PM EDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS LIKELY WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL
    EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GAINESVILLE FLORIDA TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF AVON PARK
FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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.

&&

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER THE GULF OF
MEXICO WILL TRACK EASTWARD AND ACROSS CENTRAL FL TODAY.  BREAKS IN
THE CLOUDS COUPLED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S WILL YIELD MODERATE
INSTABILITY...WHILE LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR IS FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELL STRUCTURES.  LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.


...HART

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.