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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
800 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
FLORIDA PANHANDLE
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN GEORGIA
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 800 AM UNTIL
200 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80
MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A FAST-MOVING LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
OVERSPREAD THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS, WITH SEVERAL
CORRIDORS OF DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY. ISOLATED CELLS AHEAD OF THE
LINE, AND A FEW CELLS EMBEDDED IN THE LINE WILL ALSO POSE A RISK OF
TORNADOES.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA SC TO 50
MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF TALLAHASSEE 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 63...WW 64...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
...HART
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