SPC Tornado Watch 725

WW 725 TORNADO FL GA CW 291330Z – 292000Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 725
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
830 AM EST Sun Dec 29 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Eastern Florida Panhandle to far northern Florida
  Southeastern and extreme southern Georgia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Sunday morning and afternoon from 830 AM until
  300 PM EST.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...A particularly organized segment of an extensive
quasi-linear MCS should move across the watch area through midday,
interacting with the outflow boundary from the rest of the system. 
A threat exists for damaging to severe gusts and occasional,
embedded, potentially tornadic mesovortices.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles
north and south of a line from 30 miles south of Tallahassee FL to
20 miles east northeast of Jacksonville FL. For a complete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU5).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 723...WW 724...

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 25030.

...Edwards

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