[Weather_Warnings] Special Weather Statement - Tornado Watch

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
322 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008

AMZ452-454-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-130400-
ALACHUA-BAKER-BRADFORD-CLAY-COLUMBIA-DUVAL-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT TO 20 NM-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-
HAMILTON-MARION-NASSAU-PUTNAM-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT TO 20 NM-ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-
UNION-
322 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008

..TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 53 IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALACHUA...BRADFORD...
CLAY...DUVAL...FLAGLER...PUTNAM...MARION AND ST JOHNS COUNTIES UNTIL
11 PM EST TONIGHT...

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO SURGE EASTWARD ACROSS THE GULF
OF MEXICO AND COMBINE WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT DIVING ACROSS THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TO CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO TONIGHT.

TWO DISTINCT PERIODS OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE POSSIBLE. THE FIRST
WILL BE THIS EVENING ASSOCIATED WITH A WARM FRONT. ABUNDANT
MOISTURE...LOW-LEVEL WIND SHEAR...AND HEATING AHEAD OF THIS FRONT MAY
PROVIDE THE NECESSARY INGREDIENTS FOR SEVERE STORMS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES. THE SECOND WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY WITH A POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING
WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

AS THIS WILL BE A NOCTURNAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT AND MANY PEOPLE MAY
BE ASLEEP DURING THE PEAK TIME OF THE SEVERE WEATHER INTERESTS IN
NORTH FLORIDA SHOULD MONITOR THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM OVERNIGHT.
CHECK NOAA WEATHER RADIO RECEIVERS TO ENSURE THEY ARE BOTH
OPERATIONAL AND THAT THEY HAVE FRESH BATTERIES. IF YOU ARE NOT USING
A WEATHER RADIO...PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR
LOCAL TV...RADIO OR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDERS FOR POSSIBLE EMERGENCY
ALERT SYSTEM ACTIVATION FOR ADDITIONAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS CONCERNING
THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.

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