Tornado Watch 87

Issued

Apr 19, 2019, 10:13 AM EDT (14:13 UTC)

Expired

Apr 19, 2019, 4:00 PM EDT

In force

6 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

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

10%

Ten or more severe wind reports

60%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

20%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 87
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1015 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Parts of northern and west central Florida Peninsula
  Southeastern Georgia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Friday morning and afternoon from 1015 AM until
  400 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A broken squall line will likely persist into the
afternoon while moving eastward.  Bowing segments and embedded
supercells will pose a threat for a couple of tornadoes and damaging
gusts, along with isolated large hail.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles
east and west of a line from 40 miles north northeast of Waycross GA
to 30 miles southwest of Sarasota FL. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU7).

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 500. Mean
storm motion vector 25040.

...Thompson

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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.