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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 70
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
130 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTH FLORIDA
EXTREME SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL
800 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...NEW STORMS ARE FORMING IN THE WARM SECTOR ACROSS NORTH
FLORIDA, AND A SEPARATE BAND OF STORMS OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF WILL
MOVE INLAND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE STORM ENVIRONMENT FAVORS THE
POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WITH EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS AND
SUPERCELLS AHEAD OF THE LINE, AS WELL AS OCCASIONAL DAMAGING GUSTS
(60-70 MPH) AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL NEAR 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BRUNSWICK GA
TO 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OCALA FL. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE
WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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 65...WW 66...WW 67...WW
68...WW 69...
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 25035.
...THOMPSON
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