Thunderbird12
(Meteorologist)
Sun Oct 23 2005 09:33 PM
Re: new watch

Click the link for a graphical depiction of the watch:

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0837.html

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 837
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
925 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

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

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 925 PM UNTIL
1100 AM EDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF ORLANDO
FLORIDA TO 80 MILES SOUTH OF MIAMI FLORIDA. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 836. WATCH NUMBER 836 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 925
PM EDT.

DISCUSSION...HURRICANE WILMA WILL BE CROSSING SRN FL LATER TONIGHT
AND MON AM. STRONG SHEAR ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS SRN FL AND WILL
ONLY INCREASE AS WILMA APPROACHES. WITH 0OZ SRN FL SOUNDINGS
INDICATING A MDTLY UNSTABLE TROPICAL AIR MASS...THE TORNADO
POTENTIAL EXPECTED TO INCREASE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AS SHEAR
BECOMES VERY STRONG.

THE FORECAST MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS AND MEAN CELL MOTION APPLY TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OUTSIDE THE HURRICANE EYEWALL.

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 18045.



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