Tornado Watch 460

Issued

Sep 1, 2016, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)

Expired

Sep 1, 2016, 11:00 PM EDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

0.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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

20%

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

40%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1611Sep 1, 11:39 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1612Sep 1, 2:12 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1615Sep 1, 6:44 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1617Sep 1, 10:01 PM EDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 460
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
250 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA
  COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM UNTIL
  1100 PM EDT.

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

SUMMARY...WITHIN A MOIST ENVIRONMENT...INCREASINGLY STRONG
LOW/MID-LEVEL WINDS ON THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF CURRENT TROPICAL
STORM HERMINE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AN INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM-RELATED WIND DAMAGE
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA TO 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF SAINT
PETERSBURG FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 19030.


...GUYER

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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.