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SEL5
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.
&&
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
SEL5
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.
&&
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
Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW5
WW 725 TORNADO FL GA CW 291330Z - 292000Z
AXIS..45 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
30S TLH/TALLAHASSEE FL/ - 20ENE JAX/JACKSONVILLE FL/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 40NM N/S /36S TLH - 18NNE CRG/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.
LAT...LON 30628435 31268137 29968137 29318435
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU5.
Watch 725 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 725
VALID 291540Z - 291640Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 SW CTY TO
35 ESE VLD TO 45 ESE VLD TO 20 W SSI TO 35 NE SSI.
..DEAN..12/29/24
ATTN...WFO...JAX...TAE...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WT 725
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
FLC001-003-007-019-023-029-031-041-047-067-089-109-121-125-
291640-
FL
. FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALACHUA BAKER BRADFORD
CLAY COLUMBIA DIXIE
DUVAL GILCHRIST HAMILTON
LAFAYETTE NASSAU ST. JOHNS
SUWANNEE UNION
$$
GAC039-049-127-291640-
GA
. GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
CAMDEN CHARLTON GLYNN
$$
AMZ450-452-GMZ765-291640-
CW
. ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE
COASTAL WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20
NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20
NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
Low (20%)
Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
Mod (30%)
Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
Low (20%)
Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
Low (<5%)
Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
Low (<5%)
Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
Mod (50%)
For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The “Low” category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
“Moderate” from 30% to 60%, and “High” from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.