Tornado Watch 4

Issued

Jan 17, 2016, 12:47 AM EST (05:47 UTC)

Expired

Jan 17, 2016, 8:48 AM EST

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

5%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 24Jan 16, 11:03 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 25Jan 17, 2:31 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 26Jan 17, 5:08 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 27Jan 17, 6:38 AM EST

476 
WWUS20 KWNS 170543
SEL4  
SPC WW 170543
FLZ000-CWZ000-171300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 4
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1245 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA INCLUDING THE KEYS
  COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1245 AM UNTIL 800 AM EST.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO
WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE FL PENINSULA OVERNIGHT...WHILE ISOLATED
STRONG STORMS DEVELOP OUT AHEAD.  STRONG WIND FIELDS WILL PROMOTE
THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF ORLANDO
FLORIDA TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MARATHON FLORIDA.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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.

&&

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...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.