URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 678
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
850 PM EDT Fri Oct 9 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  The Florida Panhandle and Big Bend
  Far Southern Georgia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 850 PM
  until 600 AM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms in the outer rain bands of Hurricane Isaias
may continue to pose some threat for tornadoes tonight into early
Saturday morning.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles
north and south of a line from 30 miles north northwest of
Apalachicola FL to 40 miles north northeast of Cross City FL. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 677...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 50 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean
storm motion vector 19040.

...Gleason