BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for much of the region, including Boca Raton and South Palm Beach County. The watch is in effect until 10pm tonight.
A “watch” means that conditions are right for storm development, but not that a tornado is currently touching down.
From the NWS:
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 283
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1045 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
TORNADO WATCH 283 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
FLC001-003-007-009-011-015-017-019-021-023-027-031-035-041-043-
049-051-053-055-057-061-069-071-075-081-083-085-086-089-093-095-
097-099-101-103-105-107-109-111-115-117-119-125-127-070200-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0283.130606T1445Z-130607T0200Z/
FL
. FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALACHUA BAKER BRADFORD
BREVARD BROWARD CHARLOTTE
CITRUS CLAY COLLIER
COLUMBIA DESOTO DUVAL
FLAGLER GILCHRIST GLADES
HARDEE HENDRY HERNANDO
HIGHLANDS HILLSBOROUGH INDIAN RIVER
LAKE LEE LEVY
MANATEE MARION MARTIN
MIAMI-DADE NASSAU OKEECHOBEE
ORANGE OSCEOLA PALM BEACH
PASCO PINELLAS POLK
PUTNAM SARASOTA SEMINOLE
ST. JOHNS ST. LUCIE SUMTER
UNION VOLUSIA
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Short Term Forecast
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1058 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676-
062100-
LAKE OKEECHOBEE-BISCAYNE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS-GLADES-HENDRY-
INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER-
INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE-
MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-
COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE, FL OUT 20 NM-
GULF WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
1058 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
.NOW...
AFTER A LULL IN ACTIVITY, MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA. THEY ARE MOVING TO THE
NORTH NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
LIGHT DUE TO THEIR SPEED. THERE IS ANOTHER BAND ASSOCIATED WITH
TROPICAL STORM ANDREA THAT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH FLORIDA OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS FROM THE WEST.
THE ENVIRONMENT REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND
TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10
PM. IT IS ADVISED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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